The latest and most thrilling season of English football would also be the most controversial. The amount of times we had issues with refs, VAR, red cards, and blown calls made the NFL refs seem like experts in their craft. Seriously, the best European football league can't even get a video review correct in less than 2 minutes and it drives everyone mad. We also had further proof of Rich 7 favoritism with the FFP punishments dished out. It was absolute chaos, it caused fanbases to melt down like Chernobyl, but it made for amazing shitposting. How did your team do?
Manchester City: Sigh, the Prem is not beating the farmers' league allegations after this. In some way, we all expected this. After their historic treble, everyone assumed City would take a step back. They weren't even the best team in the country and they still found a way to creep up into first place. Their fourth title in five seasons, six under Pep Guardiola. They still have a chance at a double, too. If you're still living in the "Fraudiola" camp, I suggest you touch grass. Do you know understand how fucking insane that is? Sure, you can say Abu Dhabi bankrolled him and now they may be paying for it dearly but that is serious contention for greatest manager of all time. This time he was up against the adversity, too. They went without KDB and Haaland for long periods of time. Phil Foden was rightfully voted PFA Player of the Year for his efforts in their absence. Julian Alvarez took massive strides in becoming the next great Argentine striker...when he can get into the team. Jeremy Doku showed flashes of greatness, and it might spell the end for Jack Grealish. Rodri was Rodri, Ruben Dias was Ruben Dias, you know the deal. Even academy kids made serious progress. Pep won the Champions League without Messi and with a real striker. He's now guided City to another title. Goddammit, can we please get someone to topple this monopoly?
Arsenal: You did it again...you fucking did again. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. You thought you were becoming the reincarnation of Real Madrid. You ended up becoming the red version of Poch's Spurs. Some might even say that Spurs team was better than this team. Arsenal had the title in their grasp again. Then they sat back and drew with City, lost to Villa at home, and in the end, these results cost them. You bottled it again. Bukayo Saka had his best season ever. So did Martin Odegaard. Leandro Trossard made a case for a starting spot. Gabriel Martinelli was sporadic but effective. William Saliba and Gabriel locked down the backline. David Raya won the Golden Glove. Mikkel Arteta has a case for Manager of the Year (likely going to Unai Emery), and they still bottled it. We don't need to rehash how their European campaign went. You should've known Spurs were never going to give you that benefit of the doubt. Why would your local rivals help your title charge? At least you're back in the Champions League, and you showed you could shed some of those demons next campaign, so long as you don't match up with Bayern again. The painful truth is, you went trophyless again. How much longer is the goodwill with Arteta going to last? Doing this once? Forgivable. But twice? Unconscionable.
Liverpool: This was not how Klopp's Last Dance was supposed to go. One trophy, and the League Cup at that, is all Liverpool had to show for it. They hit the worst patch of rotten form at the most inopportune time. You might think losing games twice to Manchester United in a span of a week was bad enough, but to go to Italy and lose to Atalanta? And they kept a clean sheet?? Dear god, they made Crystal Palace look like prime Barcelona at one point. You are fucking cooked, and it shows. Darwin Nunez started to break out, then reverting to forgetting how to play the sport of football entirely. Virgil Van Djik's age showed. Ibrahima Konate shows flashes but is injury- and mistake-prone. Mo Salah is mentally checked out, and it showed with him in only scoring twice in the last 10 matches of the seasons. Him and Klopp arguing on the sideline was peak Liverpool banter era. You literally on the verge of a quadruple AGAIN and you scuffed the run... This team is going to need a massive reset, and that may mean cashing in a few aging stars. New manager Arne Slot will have an absolute gargantuan job ahead of him. With FSG's financial model, it'll be interesting to see who they bring in. But what do you about Mo Salah? Clearly his age is starting show.
Aston Villa: Unai Emery was sacked by Arsenal for "underachieving." When you see the job he did with Villa with half the budget he had at Arsenal and players willing to run through walls for him, you can understand how Villa managed to stay in the Top 4 most of the season. Ollie Watkins had his best season to date. Douglas Luiz become the third-best defensive midfielder in the league, and dispatched a few penalties. Niccolo Zaniolo played a smaller role and still contributed heavily to big wins. It wasn't ever perfect, and there are plenty of wayward results to point out, but Villa has got some of their old mojo back. Get ready, boys, you're going dancing next season. You'll be in the new-look Champions League for the first time since the 1980s. Don't forget: Villa has some European pedigree to them. Sure, it was back when the competition wasn't as fierce as it is now, but respect them. Otherwise all you Madrid fans are going to be shitting themselves when you rock up to Villa Park for the league stage.
Tottenham: Tottenham's season hit some very high highs, and some deeply low lows. A 10-game unbeaten streak to start the season ended with a four losses in a row. Injuries crippled all the progress they made. Ange Postecoglou's all-out attack works, but when it doesn't, it is absolutely terrifying to watch. Hueng-min Son had a nice comeback season. Richarlison finally came good for the club. James Maddison started out well enough and then had a fall-off for the ages, as did Pedro Porro. The backline of Cristian Romero and Micky Van de Ven showed they can be great but they need real discipline in midfield to balance out the high line. But there are still many players that can't get them over the hump. Not to mention, they were derailed by injuries all campaign. Make it 16 years since the last major trophy. Fifth seems fitting for a team still going through an identity and cultural reset. Some supporters think Ange isn't the one for the job. They often forget just how big of a rebuild is needed after losing Harry Kane and other core players over the past five seasons. Those are probably also the people that don't see the positive of the Tottenham money-making machine. Why win trophies when you can host NFL games? Sigh, I just want one Cup, is that too much to ask for? At least they clinched Europa League, I guess.
Chelsea: Todd Boehly will no longer be making the calls about Chelsea's transfers. That should make the fans a little bit happier. If you're keeping score at home, he's only got 1/30 of new signings right. Jury is still out on Enzo Fernandez, Moises Caicedo, Axel Diasi, Mykhalio Mudrk, Noni Madueke, and Levi Colwill. Mauricio Pochettino was trying to build something, but it was hindered by constant setbacks. A massive pile of injuries, extreme fan pressure, and underperforming players signaled it would not be another fruitful season for the Blue Lions. You got beat by a bunch of high school students in the Carabao Cup final, and somehow that wasn't the lowest point of the season. It was the thrashing by Arsenal. Chelsea should feel lucky they snagged Cole Palmer out from under Man City. He's the real Eden Hazard regen, even though he's a bit of a penalty merchant. He dragged Chelsea from finishing outside the Top 10 again. This summer will be a major clear-out. Raheem Sterling, Reece James, Ben Chilwell, and Thiago Silva might or are already leaving. The thinner squad will allow Poch to actually build something...maybe. You're not seriously going to sell Conor Gallagher to Spurs, right?
Newcastle: Eddie Howe can feel sort of vindicated that he guided this Newcastle team to a top 10 finish. They had one of the worst injury sheets in the league this season. The delicate balance of Champions League and the English season exposed their biggest flaw: not enough depth. Sandro Tonali getting suspended for being a degenerate gambler definitely did not help. Nick Pope was out most of the year and Martin Dubravka showed why he's no longer first-choice. Sven Botman and Dan Burn spent time on the sidelines and that killed their defense. Seriously though, they were chucking out Football Manager regens to play critical minutes. That only works in video games. In reality, the club is backed up against the FFP bubble. They will need to sell to buy, and that might mean cashing in on Alexander Isak or Bruno Guiamares. Maybe they'll even cut ties with Tonali and try to recoup some of their money. The richest club in the world is playing inside the rules? I guess they don't want to be the new Man City. I honestly commend them for trying to play within the confines of the rules. Some clubs can't say they do that.
Manchester United: Jim Ratcliffe really had no idea the scope of the rebuild he inherited once he bought his stake in United. He called out the club culture and facilities in the media multiple times, but perhaps it was all reactionary. United had a shit season. And boy do I mean shit. None of their players could stay healthy. Marcus Rashford is entering Dele Alli territory with how bad his falloff has been. There was the Mason Greenwood situation, then the Antony situation, and the Brazilian managed only two league goals across the whole season. Jadon Sancho called out Ten Hag's management and was gleefully banished back to Dortmund, where he started picking up his performances. He's in a Champions League Final...lol. Casemiro and Raphael Varane showed their age. He had a solid run of form but it didn't last. Varane's already said he's done in Manchester. Rasmus Hojlund took 15 games to find his first goal of the season. Alejandro Garnacho is now the best player at the club and even he had beef with Ten Hag's coaching. Bruno Fernandes might be seeking greener pastures. They finished dead last in their Champions League group and were out of Europe by February. Take solace in making the FA Cup final, but you were losing 3-0 to Coventry City, a Championship club, and had to beat them on penalties. Old Trafford may truly be falling down, and it doesn't help with Ten Hag waffling about he is still the best man for the job. Because you know, it was his signings that set the club back so much money. Antony costing 100 million quid needs to be investigated. There's no real sign of progress under INEOS's ownership. It's still too early to judge, but it's clear they will need to make some decisions. Enjoy raiding all your rivals for executives. Apparently "We're Manchester United" still works.
West Ham: Was it a bad season for West Ham? When you deep it, you'd probably say not really. David Moyes started out kinda slow but managed to get the Hammers going in vital moments. Jarrod Bowen continued his remarkable rise even as a center-forward. The pillage of Ajax for Edson Alvarez and Mohamed Kudus was fruitful, even if Kudus's underlying numbers aren't that great. James Ward-Prowse stepped up his game after being freed from the shite coaching at Southampton. Alphonse Areola cemented himself as the true No. 1 in goal. Lucas Paqueta was the real eye candy. So much so he's looking like the heir-apparent for Kevin De Bruyne. He'll cost another small nation's GDP but he was that class. Sure, they didn't reach the Europa final like they wanted to and got knocked out by Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen, but how can you say this was a disappointing season? Disappointing enough to tell Moyes he's done after this season? You're replacing him Julen Lopetegui? I know he did fantastic work with Sevilla, and you may see yourselves as the English Sevilla, but tread lightly. Did you see what happened between Wolves and him? Or what happened in his final season in Seville?
Crystal Palace: Today's top stories: Crystal Palace finished comfortably mid-table for the 11th season in a row. In other news, grass is green. It was a strange but similar season for the Eagles. Spats between ownership over the long-term vision for the club coupled with Roy Hodgson's depressing retirement tour clouded what could've been an opportunity to pounce. With Brighton and Bournemouth shitting the bed, the time was prime to strike. But again, they were let down by inconsistent forwards. Jordan Ayew and Jean-Phillipe Mateta are still struggling to score consistently (At least Mateta is producing now). Odsanne Eduoard is made of glass bones and paper skin. Eberechi Eze, Michael Olise, and Dean Henderson were good enough to keep them afloat. Eze's got enough street cred to have City and Spurs linked to him, but we'll see what premium the Eagles charge. More credit is owed to Oliver Glasner. He was a shrewd appointment, and it showed with his tiki-taka style of play. Remember, he took Frankfrut to a Europa League final win and beat Barcelona and West Ham to do it. Next season should be a moment to capitalize on drops in quality from other mid-table rivals, but you'll probably be back here with me in 2025 with a 12th consecutive mid-table finish. At least this time it's in the Top 10.
Brighton: Brighton was my biggest disappointment for the 23-24 season. Maybe that's too harsh, but what the actual hell happened? There was a lot of squad turnover, understandably affecting the quality. But they still had Evan Ferguson, Karou Mitoma, Lewis Dunk, Danny Welback, Julio Enciso, and Simon Adringa to pick up the slack. Oh wait, almost everyone listed above was injured long-term. Roberto De Zerbi's managerial stock took a massive blow. He couldn't properly juggle the league and European football, especially as the injuries piled up and they were relying on academy kids to play key minutes. There's also rumors of him beefing with club executives about the transfer policy. The drawback of such a unique system: the falloff is inevitable. It ended up causing "irreconcilable differences," and De Zerbi promptly packed his shit and left. At least Brighton can take solace knowing they won their first European group stage and picked up sensational victories against Ajax and Marseille. Proud moments amid a rather shite season. Pick yourselves up and go again, lads. Even though De Zerbi bounced, your ownership will already have his next candidate picked out. Just pray it's not a Graham Potter return.
Bournemouth: The Cherries had another fine season where a lot started to come together. I was skeptical about them parting ways with Gary O'Neil after the job he did, but Andoni Iraola was a shrewd appointment. He actually found ways to unlock Dominic Solanke. Not even Jurgen Klopp could do that. Antoine Semenyo appeared as a servicable mid-table winger. Luis Sinisterra brought the Colombian flare to the South Coast and proved he could be the country's next great hope. Some of the English lads like Lewis Cook carved out key roles, and did just about everything right to ensure another comfortable finish. Bournemouth really were not in any danger of going down. The blueprint is there. I doubt Iraola will be able to take them into European places, but I've been proven wrong by plenty of managers before.
Fulham: Another solid finish for Fulham. Look at you, not yo-yoing even amidst Tony Khan's ridiculous pro wrestling PR drama. The Jaguars of English football showed a lot of fight and a lot of class. The signing of the season is surely Rodrigo Muniz. The Brazilian revolution between him, Andreas Pereira, and the aging Willian was glamorous. Antonee Robinson played like a man reborn and may get a move to a bigger club. USMNT fans couldn't be happier. It was tough not seeing Tim Ream playing week in and week out but he's clearly slowing down and might need replacing. But you can't get rid of Tom Cairney! It's not allowed by order of the streets. I doubt Marco Silva will read this, but he may not even have a choice in the matter. Joao Palhinha likely played his final season at Craven Cottage. Even at his age, he's good enough to get into the Bayern or Arsenal first team. Cash in and replenish, you know the drill. They'll have a lot of work to do this summer.
Wolves: Gary O'Neil is a top manager for the jobs he's done with Bournemouth and Wolves. It was not an easy season for Wolves, but compared to past campaigns, this was fantastic. O'Neill successfully unlocked Hwang Hee-Chan and Matheus Cunha. That alone is massive. Toti Gomes flourished in midfield. As did Pablo Sarabia. Pedro Neto showed flashes of brilliance...when he wasn't struck down by injury. Jose Sa returned to form and kept the team comfortably floating between between the top half and upper-mid talbe. What more can you say of Wolves? They were one of the better mid-tier teams this season, and that was after Julen Lopetegui walked out just days before the season began. You thought the Wolves were dead? Oh no, they are still on the hunt. Unfortunately, their pack is likely to find new homes with more money. I think you get the metaphor.
Everton: It was meant to be a Sean Dyche masterclass. Playing attractive football has never been his repertoire, yet that was exactly what he did with this Everton. Meanwhile, Everton fans are still steaming about the points deductions they underwent. I can understand why they feel this way, considering there are much worse violators and they're being made an example of. Yet Dyche thrives on these situations. He could only collect so many points with this Everton group but they did play well enough and have some decent talent. Jared Branthwaite is clearly an upgrade over some of their past center-backs. Consider this his window-shopping season. DCL flirted with injuries and still managed to score key goals. Beto hasn't come good yet but give it a little time. Idrissa Gana Gueye played well for his age, and Amadou Onana too had his window-shopping season. Fear not, Toffees. Even with the points deduction, you will finish comfortably bottom-half, and had it not been for the Premier League's hypocrisy, you would've been as high as 12th. This is a huge moment, because you're also moving into Bramley Moore next season. Godspeed, Everton.
Brentford: Ummm, hello? Anybody here want to win a fucking football match? Anyone want to collect three points? The good vibes at the Gtech Community Stadium are starting to falter. Brentford's feel-good story is starting to get a reality check: they lack significant quality. The plan was to continue Thomas Frank's Nordic Connection since it had produced results in the past. They got Ivan Toney back around mid-winter, but did it really change their fortunes? He wasn't anywhere close to his past self. Too much time on the couch will do that. Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbuemo did step up in attack, but without Rico Henry and Ethan Pinnock in defense it was too easy to carve through them. Mark Flekken did his best to mitigate the damage, but it was not enough to save them from a 16th-place finish. Nathan Collins was ok business but he clearly needs more time to develop to the system. Sergio Regulion put in some decent shifts on load, but not enough to justify keeping him permanently. You passed: DON'T! GET! RELEGATED! But for the love of god, please fix this shit before 24-25. Time to reset on the squad, find another plucky veteran willing to take a pay cut for playing time.
Nottingham Forest: Speaking of points deduction, nobody feels bad for Forest. They made more signings than Chelsea and clearly did it by some fishy means. It was mostly because they couldn't get Atletico Madrid to buy Brennan Johnson, so they had to accept Tottenham's lower offer. That doesn't excuse past transgressions. Then that wild social media statement that called out the Premier League's officiating. Secretly, everyone loved it but also wondered how they had the audacity to say such a thing. The only thing they can't defend is themselves. Steve Cooper, the architect of their return to Premier League and first-season survival, was canned for Nuno Espirito Santos. It kinda worked...I guess. They're not in a relegation spot even with their punishment but they definitely look the part. Gio Reyna came here on loan and had minimal impact. Morgan Gibbs-White looks good but clearly has flaws. Chris Wood is still their only reliable striker. Matt Turner was benched for a 32-year old Mats Sels and that didn't fix any of their goalkeeper problems. They're like a frat house toilet: always leaking. They'll definitely be another clear-out this summer.
Luton Town: At some point, results start to matter. It felt like Luton realized that too late. They did put up some impressive results like a 4-4 draw to Newcastle and a 4-goal dismantling of Brighton, but they struggled mightily. It was expected, but they really did give better teams runs for their money. Ross Barkley and Andros Townsend came off the couch to help. Barkley made a case for Comeback Player of the Year. Townsend provided some experience but football skills...not so much. Elijah Adebayo and Alfie Doughty tried to get the creativity going. Carlton Morris managed to post a double-digit goal season. They had pieces but could never put it together fully. The defense...good god, the defense! It couldn't stop a beach ball from going over the goal line. You brought in Daiki Hashioka to stabilize things, and all he did was score own goals and turn the ball over. It's sad that Luton is going back to the 2nd tier. Rob Edwards's job is probably safe, but can he remake the magic of 2022-23? Might be a step too far. Honestly, I'm more sad to see Jeffrey the Labrador go. The goodest of boys makes the goodest of club mascots.
Burnley: I can only applaud Burnley's ownership for not thinking like a yo-yo club. They chose Vincent Kompany because he is the anti-Sean Dyche. Free flowing, tiki taka football, playing out from the back with inverted fullbacks. Even if all the haters wanted to see him go to bring in a relegation dogfighter like Big Sam, the executives kept their man. Truly cut from the same cloth as Pep, but without any of the Pep players. That was the real downfall of Burnley's return to the Prem. This group won 101 points in the Championship last year? They didn't even manage to get 30 this time around. Kompany played anti-survival ball, and it didn't work. Sure, they had talent with guys like Vitinho and Jacob Bruud Larsen, but after it was shite through and through. At least Kompany had the audacity to play an expansive style, but survival needed more defensive rigidity. Go win it again, Clarets.
Sheffield United: If Burnley was ass, Sheffield United was mega-ass. They played like a Championship club, so it's only natural they got clobbered like a Championship club. They brought in Ben Brereton-Diaz and his fake Chilean skillset and he was...actually kinda good. It can't be said for the rest of them. Ollie McBurnie and Cameron Archer seem like the standouts, but nobody on this team was convincing enough to warrant a move to a bigger team except maybe BBD. He'll likely sign for Everton as the replacement for DCL. The club thought bringing back Chris Wilder in place of Paul Heckingbottom was the move, and it did next to nothing. Setting a record for most goals conceded in a single season is hilarious levels of incompetent defending. Conglats, you are now the new Norwich. Wear your badge of shame in anguish and go win the bloody lot in the Championship.

SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH IT IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE I AM FROM THE BALKANS.
i just got on this post bc i recently quit cart smoking for 8 weeks. i smoked like everyday for 6 months no sober day. Now i recwntly got rid of the annoying side effects when you quit. Everything was going perfectly normal and i just felt that my life improved day by day and i felt that i got more disciplined and more energetic. 2 hours ago i was going through my stuff in my closet and i found my cart with a little ,,sauce" in it. as i grabbed it in my hand i heard a very darkish evil voice saying something unclear at first but it just gave me the vibe that some type of spirit was literally in front of me forcing me to get high once again. after i heard the first whispering i tried to listen more closely and i heard "come on just take it" in my language and to be honest i never was more scared in my life. I was home alone, no tv or phone open just me alone in my room. It maked me feel for a second the strong need for weed just as i felt when i was smoking and the really scary part was that like let me explain: you know when you can feel like someone is right in front of you mad. even if you don t se nobody or hear them you can still feel their ,,energy" that was exactly how i felt at that moment but the weird thing was that i was all alone.when i looked in front of me i felt like i my eyes were fighting my senses. even if nobody was there i felt it looking at me. Evil. Wanting to see me fall once more into the trap of laziness. and im not hating on weed or something but my carts were hhc-p and they got me mad sleepy and unmotivated for like 6 hours evry time i smoked.ok now back in to the story. everything that i have told you happened in a matter of 4-5 seconds. I felt the evil and bad intentions just within the voice. It was almost like he tried to shame me.That thing literally wanted to make fun of me. Now in my theory that thing was not that strong as a spirit because everything went back to normal as i put the cart back where it was. I recently got into stoic motivation and really improved my self confidence and i feel more capable as a man. after i heard it talk to me i felt for a second that i should believe that voice and if i think right now i can't imagine it because i hate that cart so much it just broken my relationship with my family,friends and it destroyed a part of me. its almost like the adam and eve story where eve got manipulated by the snake to eat the forbidden apple. but i felt like a force in me fought back this time and helped me to put the cart back. But as i held it in my hand it felt like i was holding some cursed dark magic thing that had its own aura. Now tbh i am really scared to even touch it anymore.
And just to add for people because my storytelling is bad and it sounds like i lie most probably - i have NEVER heard any type of voice of "spirits" like this in my life - the feeling that i felt is almost feeling like its slowly getting deleted from my brain the more time passes. - i have no brain problems and every pshychological test that i take it says that i have potential more than normal humans. - when i say i hate weed at this moment.I mean it. it just ruined 1 year of my teenage years. the one that you were supposed to have fun not get high everyday and stay in home - i was not a normal smoker indeed. i remember days when i got to sleep and put my head down on the pillow and felt the room moving whith me and when i was opening my eyes everything was blurred. - i used to lie myself that weed gave me more time to think about my problems but after i got off it i felt for a whole month that life was not worth living and i felt a deep deppresion in myself. i can t even describe that feeling as it was worse day by day. it didn't get better only when i started to workout, eat healthy and do more things that will help me achieve my dreams
I AM NOT WRITING THIS TO CONVINCE ANYONE.
i wrote this so if one day someone will be in the same situation as me he will also write down here and maybe we will find more info about this WEED SPIRITS. i know for a fact what i felt and heard.

Dear SiMaam,
My concern while playing Bingoplus color game on May 16 at around 1pm was that I betted 9k on red. During that round I watched the female dealer pulled the string and the result of dices on the game board were 2x red, 1x blue. When she moved away to show the top winners, I'm expecting to be credited 27k but the result was different so i checked the betting tabs (the pay out were for green 3x and yellow 2x) when the time I closed it I saw the female dealer near the game board and the result there were 2x green, 1x yellow (It's different of what I had seen when she moved away beforehand). The time I opened and closed 'BUY' tab was very briefed and I did'nt see she pull the string for the result of (2x green, 1x yellow).
When that happen I'm still confused and reflexively I exited the game then returned. I continued betting small amount hoping it will be fix despite my frustration. After awhile since there's no sign of it being fix and my frustration affecting my gameplay, i decided to stop and reach out for cs rep but he/she can't understand my point and keep insisting they'll need proof. In that kind of situition can you even think to take screenshot or video, it just happen so fast. Game record shows that I loss but my point was the incosistency of the video being broadcasted in my bingo app.
At morning on May 17, I chatted to one cs rep again. The same issue it needed proof. Why is it so hard to understand that during that situation It was impossible to take screenshot or record a video as proof. The only thing I can think of is the bingo app have some problem because just few hours of what happen to me and when i try to log in, there's an update. The update coincide when I'm experiencing delayed broadcast. Maybe just pure coincidence. Since I have no way to prove if their was connection and they can just deny it.
For the third time I had talked to one cs rep again. Like the previous cs reps i had chatted. He is being unreasonable too. Keep saying there is no problem and only bias. He only beleive what the operator's side said. Why not think deeply, question yourself if this guy just talking nonsense or what he's pointing out make sense, is what he claim can be possible or it's impossible. "What advise I can give him to prove his claim if it's true", please try to being rational and ask yourself if you're in the same situation, if that happens you guys will realize asking for a screenshot or video on that kind of situation are close to impossible. If i keep encountering cs rep that asking for proof (screenshot or video) without taking in consideration the situation then he/she is being completely unreasonable. You guys should listen to both parties. One more thing, your cs reps are being rude by ending the chat suddenly while the one on the other side still got many things to say.
Assuming it's not a rigged game. By recalling what happen to me on May 16 at around 1pm. This is the conclusion I came up with to explain what happen in that situation
I can't remember all rounds result but during the time i made a bet of 4k on blue, the result of dices clearly shown on the game board were only 1x red, 1x blue, 1x yellow (I assumed the video showed was the one at its bottom of Game Record GCG01245160MC (1x red, 1x blue, 1x yellow) was the one being broacasted on my phone and not the live feed which was GCG01245160MD (2x red, 1x blue) during that round.
I won during that round so i did'nt pay attention to the list of the previous rounds result seen in the content area of betting tabs. The result seen there might have been updated and accurate compared to dices result I've seen with a delayed broadcast in bingo app. Ofcourse it was'nt my fault for not paying attention and not realizing I'm watching a delayed broadcast (The video played normaly so how can i tell). I trust Bingoplus for being fair because of pagcor so during that round I never doubt of what being played on my phone.
So when i bet 9k on red the video being broadcasted to me is the supposely live feed in my previous 4k bet on blue GCG01245160MD (2x red, 1x blue) and not the live feed of this round whith a result of (2x green, 1x yellow) GCG01245160ME.
Everything i have said here is the truth. If you put yourself in my situation and then think of it carefuly. It was impossible to provide screen shot or video as proof (cs rep always asking for proof). When I realize something amiss about the video being broadcasted and the result don' match while playing, it's too late already to capture a screenshot or video.
To summarize: *While playing color game using bingoplus app, the video feed being shown to me was the previous round (showing I Won) instead of a live feed. It plays normaly so it was impossible to notice. While my bet was reflected in the live feed (latest round) which was shown in their Game Record and playback (showing I Loss). *In short I experienced inconsistency while playing. After a few hours when i try log in, the bingoplus app have an update. I'm not sure if their was connection on what I expereinced like fixing it. Every little possibility should be taken in consideration. *Internet connection is good, while playing i ask first my family members to avoid watching videos or downloading. I used note 20 with fewer apps installed and works fine. Only the bingopluss open that time.
Please honor my win it's not my fault if what I'm seeing was delayed broadcast because I based my bet on that. It so unfair showing me different video it felt recorded while my bet is being reflected to latest round which I'm unaware of. You should have just freeze the video or make it black screen. Why continue playing it normaly when there's a problem. Thank you.

Cigarettes and rebellion have always gone hand-in-hand, and in an age of cigarette packet-sized health warnings, now more than ever, smoking a fag says: 'I do not give a fuck.' But if Brandon Flowers is hoping to strike a seditious pose by sparking up at the start of the interview, it's not going according to plan. The Killers' frontman is on all fours rooting through the junk that carpets the anteroom at the band's rehearsal space. "Has anyone seen my lighter?" he asks, rocking back on his heels. The question hangs in the air while Brandon cocks his head, waiting for an answer like a meerkat listening for a predator. Twenty-five years old and with a delicate bone structure, there's something almost dainty about him. Receiving no response, he returns to his search. "Oh, Jeez," he sighs. "I had it just a minute ago."
It's a scene that emphatically does not suggest a rebel without a cause. The mess isn't helping. The Killers' HQ - an industrial unit sandwiched between a construction supplier and the offices of a housing development just off Dean Martin Drive in West Las Vegas - is ankle-deep in designer clothing. A Dior Homme suit lies crumpled by the door; there's a pile of shoes topped like a sundae by a pair of Marc Jacobs trainers; and anyone wishing to enter the shoebox room the band use as an office must negotiate a mountain of discarded jeans. Many items are identifiable as coming from the wardrobe of Hot Fuss, The Killers' hugely successful 2004 debut album - triple platinum in the UK with two weeks at Number One and five million sold worldwide. Look! There are the shirts, ties and suit jackets they wore when they thrilled Glastonbury 2005 with indie rock anthems Mr Brightside and Somebody Told Me. That was the crowning moment of a two-and-a-half year tour that finally concluded in October of last year. It seems that after playing that final date in Miami, they returned to Vegas and shrugged off their image onto the floor of this bland white box.
Now a fine layer of dust covers the dead clothes. The Killers have no further use for white tuxedos on their second album, Sam's Town. Today, Brandon wears a black polo shirt, black pin-stripe waistcoat, black jeans and black boots. Where there used to be a layer of foundation, there is now a beard - an untrimmed beard at that. Dave Keuning (30, guitar), Mark Stoermer (29, bass) and Ronnie Vannucci (29, drums) all echo Brandon's black ensemble. Ronnie has added Aviator shades and a handlebar moustache for a dash of motorcycle cop, Dave's frizzy bubble of hair gives him a Marc Bolan-ish air, and there's something very teenage about Mark's scuffed Vans.
Short of walking around wearing sandwich boards saying, "Our new record is a bit heavier than the last one," The Killers couldn't hope to communicate that message more effectively. And they have gained some musical girth on Sam's Town. The pop hooks that made Hot Fuss so irresistible survive intact - see the ringing guitar riffs on first single When You Were Young - but there's a newfound punchiness, coupled with an epic sweep. The minor-to-major uplifts on Bones are fabulously dramatic, the coda to Why Do I Keep Counting? thrillingly intense. Comparisons to Bruce Springsteen have been made. If they overstate the case a little, they are at leaset qualitatively accurate. The Killers are back and this time it's serious - they've got the bootlace ties to prove it.
"Hey, it says here that Springsteen's headlining Glastonbury next year," shouts Ronnie, who's flicking through the NME. He nods sagely at the page without looking up.
"Really?" asks Dave, nicknamed Crazy Dave on account of his alledgedly volatile nature.
"The Boss is headlining one night, we're playing second on the bill the next night and Kylie's headlining the Sunday," says Brandon, charging like a bull through Michael Eavis' as-yet-unannounced line-up with what subsequently proves to be a characteristic gaucheness.
But that lighter is proving elusive. This being America, none of the people hurrying to-and-fro prepping the world for the release of Sam's Town smokes. Manager Robert Reynolds - Bobby Rey to the band - barks into his mobile, booking his band onto eye-wateringly demanding tours. "We're going to make a lot of money," he cackles to himself before switching calls to make a series of stern pronouncements on legal matters. Dave, Mark and Ronnie disappear for a jam session. Artwork is approved, B-sides are decided on and schedules are hammered out.
"I can't find it," Brandon says, finally. But he's not going to be denied the opportunity to underline The Killers reinvention with a puff of smoke. "Let's go to the gas station. I'll have to buy one. It's too busy to talk here anyway."
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Brandon's black (of course) Volkswagen Touraeg four-wheel drive is barrelling down West Flamingo Road into town. "I was a bell boy there," he says, pointing out of the driver's window at the stucco facade of the Gold Coast casino. "I was working there when we were signed."
Coming from Las Vegas, it is perhaps inevitable that casinos play a big part in The Killers' story; not only is Sam's Town named after one, it was recorded in one, too.
The band began writing songs while on the road with Hot Fuss, turning up early for soundchecks to run through new ideas. On a trip home to Vegas, George Maloof, a hotelier known for cultivating famous friends, invited them to record the album in the new studio he'd built at The Palms, his flagship hotel-cum-gambling den. When the tour finished in October 2005, they returned to Vegas and spent five month finessing the songs they'd sketched out on the road. Then, in February, they decampled to the third floor studio at The Palms and recorded Sam's Town over 11 weeks.
Producer Flood (U2, Depeche Mode) encouraged them to experiment. They overdubbed, fiddled with synthesizers and played with new equipment. It took them five weeks to get the backing vocals right. The band sang the harmonies, then double-tracked them four times. The end result recalls Queen wondering, "Is this is the real life? Is this just fantasy?" When Ronnie, a trained classical percussionist, brought some kettledrums down, eyebrows were raised; but the fabulously bombastic coda on Why Do I Keep Counting? vindicates his indulgence.
"That's kind of the Ben Hur of the album," he says. He's not wrong. Sam's Town is a record on an epic scale. "Yeah, it has drama," he continues. "But, at the same time, I think it's a little more exposed than Hot Fuss. It's a little more naked. Last time it was about a lot of fictional things." By "fictional", Ronnie means that Hot Fuss wore its predominantly British influences for all to see. Brandon's taste in music is rabidly Anglophile - he constantly references The Smiths, The Cure and Joy Division - and it showed. By contrast, Sam's Town is an unequivocally American record. The lyrical imagery is pure American dream - cars, girls, wide-open spaces and escaping to a better life. "We're burning down the highway skyline/On the back of a hurricane that started turning/When you were young," sings Brandon on When You Were Young. That's the basis of the Springsteen comparisons then, though the lack of pathos more closely recalls another blue-collar rocker from New Jersey - Jon Bon Jovi.
The phrase "this town" recurs throughout the album, and it's always receding into the distance as The Killers escape to a new life. "This town was made for passing through/I never did get along with everybody else," sings Brandon on This River Is Wild. On Read My Mind he "never really gave up on breaking out of this two-star town", while on the title track he offers something of an explanation: "Nobody ever had a dream round here."
"With the first record, there was this feeling that there was this world out there that we didn't know," says Mark later in the day. Before The Killers, he studied philosophy: now he's their quiet one. "We wanted to get out and away from this and be somewhere else. We hadn't had a lot of experience - hadn't travelled much - then we were gone for three years. We didn't sit down and say that we wanted to make a record about how we're glad to be home, but that's what happened naturally."
It's not an angsty record. The Killers have already escaped with Hot Fuss, and, having done so, they view the experience fondly now they're back. There's a mistiness to Brandon's eyes as he explains how the album got it's name.
"Sam's Town is a casino on the edge of Vegas," he says. "I grew up in Henderson, which is out on the way to the Hoover Dam. My mom and dad lived in a trailer park, and my dad used to hitchhike up and down Boulder Highway, which is the only way you could get to Vegas. Sam's Town was the first thing you saw on your way in to town. So, when you're driving down Boulder Highway from Henderson, I always thought you finally knew you were getting somewhere when you saw Sam's Town. It was kind of like a beacon."
"It's not a completely American album," contines Brandon. "We still have our English influence, but we're also from the Wild West. Somehow we've managed to unify all that on this album. it's just such a perfect resemblence of what we are."
At the petrol station, Brandon rummages through the glove box looking for change to buy a lighter. "This is a great album," he says, pointing at Highway Companion, the latest from iconic American rocker Tom Petty. "I've always been a big fan of his. He's such a great American artist."
Yes, Brandon: we get the point.
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When Brandon finally lights his cigarette, he smokes it awkwardly, like a child mimicking something he's seen the grown-ups doing. However, when he cheerfully admits that, "I feel the same mentally as I did when I was 12," it's not a knowing nod to the fact that he sometimes behaves like a loveably precocious child, but a reference to an unusually comprehensive grounding in pop music at an early age.
When Brandon sings about "this town", he doesn't mean Las Vegas. He means Nephi, Utah or Henderson, Nevada, where he spent his childhood. His parents are Mormon and he is the youngest of six children. "I was a surprise," he says. "I've got a 42-year-old sister." If he was issues about his "surprise" status, he chooses to gloss over them. "It turned out perfect because my brother was a teenager when I was a kid," he says. "He would bring home things like Rattle And Hum by U2 and I would watch it. I remember he bought Live In Dallas by Morrissey. It was always him watching these things, or his door was shut and you'd hear The Head On The Door by The Cure blasting through the house and rattling the walls."
The Killers were formed when Brandon answered an advert Dave had placed in a local paper in late 2002. Dave cited Oasis as a big influence; Brandon had seen them play recently and responded; and, as Dave has said in previous interviews: "He was the only person to reply to my ad who wasn't a complete freak." However, the band was born in Brandon's brothers bedroom.
"His room was like a shrine," enthuses Brandon. "It was a holy place. I wish I could show you a picture of it. It was covered in posters. There'd be a big picture of Elvis wearing a bow tie that just said 'The Smiths' [the artwork for The Smiths 1987 single Shoplifters Of The World Unite]. You had The Cure wearing face paint [the artwork to The Cure's 1985 single In Between Days] - all that kind of stuff. I remember Morrissey being on the cover of the NME, with the halo [from 1985] - stuff like that. You just wanted to know about these people 'cause they were so cool. My brother seemed like such a cool person. But he was a teenager, so he wasn't going to be that nice to me, a kid."
Brandon was fascinated by his brother's collection of music, magazines and posters, but he was denied access to them - officially, at least. "I would sneak in," he says. "I knew he'd be angry if he found out, but I would go in as soon as he left the house." For a long time Brandon was too scared to actually play anything. "That didn't come 'til later. I just used to go in there because I liked it. Then I got to the point where I'd actually take a tape out and put it in. It took more guts to do that."
It was a life-changing moment. "I was ten and the first song I played was Sing Your Life by Morrissey. I remember dancing about to it."
The lyrics to Sing Your Life include the lines, "Sing your life/Just walk right up to the microphone/And name all the things that you love/All the things that you loathe." It's intriguing to wonder what Morrissey makes of the neophyte he inspired with these lines.
Eventually, Brandon inherited his brother's tape collection. "It was around the same time CDs started coming out in a big way. He started buying CDs and gave me his tapes. And that was it: it took off from there. I got a hundred of the best albums - all the New Order, all the Morrissey, all The Smiths, The Beatles. I started buying posters. I went to see The Cure in concert. It was just kind of a continuation of my brother. And it was nice because, though my parents were strict, they were already used to it from him. There was no, 'My dad doesn't understand me,' or any of that kind of stuff. My mum likes The Smiths."
Brandon was 13 and his favourite band was late-'70s/early-'80s American new wavers The Cars, and particularly their jaw-droppingly catchy 1979 single Just What I Needed.
"I wouldn't exist without that song," he says. "That was the one. I remember driving around with my mum when I was 13, and we're living in Nephi - a really small town - and I felt so cool when I put that song on. Like: 'I have something that none of these kids I'm going to middle school with tomorrow have.' That excitement is what music's about, isn't it? That's why I understand the mentality of people that don't like us because we've sold so many records. I used to like it when no one else knew about a band. So I get that - I do."
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Brandon's first band was called Blush Response. It was never going to work out. Not because he refused to move to Los Angeles with them, but because he is utterly - comically - shameless. He's given to making outrageously boastful statements like: "It's not like the '60s, '70s and '80s now. There are only a few bands around that are really good, that just do it. I mean, there's what, five or six of us?"
For the record, in Brandon's estimation, those bands are Franz Ferdinand, Razorlight, The Strokes, The White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and, of course, The Killers.
"I don't want people to think I'm lumping myself with other people just to make us sound cool," he says. Really? It sort of sounds like you are. But he just steamrolls through it. "Yeah, but you know what I mean," he says, grinning at his own cheekiness. He's so disgracefully forward you can't help but laugh along with him - Oh you are awful, Brandon! But joking aside, The Killers are the most commercially successful of all the bands he mentions.
Later, back at the rehearsal space, the band run through Sam's Town at deafening volume in preparation for the forthcoming tour - first the US, then the world. The infectious, almost contagious, chorus of When You Were Young sounds fabulous, as do the U2-like guitars and Twin Peaks synths of Read My Mind. Meanwhile, Smile Like You Mean It and Somebody Told Me benefit from the newfound harder edge.
They somewhat heavy-handedly underline the new direction by playing Paranoid by Black Sabbath and Get It On by T Rex. That's the thing: The Killers are not a subtle band. Their songs are like a wet kiss from a girl who's a bit too drunk. They are big and brash, and not everyone loves them for it. Mr Brightside and Somebody Told Me might go down as well at hip nightclubs as they do on the festival circuit, but the DJs play them with the same guilty look they wear when playing a pop record.
"I hate that," says Brandon. "Like writing a song you can hum somehow cheapens it? It makes me think of this quote by Morrissey. Everybody knows how he read Oscar Wilde, Keats and Yates when he was growing up and that he wanted to be a writer. He was talking to this journalist who asked why he hadn't become a writer, and Morrissey said: 'What I do is more powerful than what you do because I can write down these words and you get it to a melody. How can you beat that?' I'm of the same opinion. I don't understand why a good melody that's memorable is a bad thing."
Being dismissed as pop particular aggrieves Ronnie. "When we first came out we got compared to Duran Duran all the time. Jesus Christ! We got a keyboard player now all of a sudden he's Nick Rhodes! Come on!"
"The people who criticise us for being too poppy don't get it," agrees Mark. "I think that's the problem with a lot of rock music. People are afraid to write a song any more. Either that or they can't. And that attitude hurts music in general. The best bands ever have all written great songs. You can still do it and do it intelligently and it can be original. This isn't a studio creation with a producer writing these songs for us. We're not Avril Lavigne, or something like that. We're a real band writing real songs, just like a punk band would do, except that we write pop songs."
You get the impression that The Killers knack for showboating pop hooks that border on vulgar is inextricably tied up with the brazen side of Brandon's personality. But while his ebullient charisma, not to mention the songs themselves, mitigates his outrageousness, there is a less attractive side to his ego. He has a combative streak. He can't resist taking pot shots at emo bands, notably Fall Out Boy, whith whom The Killers share an A&R man.
Has he heard how many emo kids it takes to change a light bulb? "No." None. They just sit in the dark and cry. It's a full 30 seconds before he stops laughing. When he does he admits: "Yeah, we've had problems with other bands. You know, when you walk in the room it's like..." He whistles the theme to The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. "We're like gangs."
And while the other members of the band are diplomatic on the subject of Brandon, you don't have to read too deeply between the lines to conclude that there have been internal issues, too.
"Some people will think Brandon's the big genius," says Dave, visibly bridling. "There are songs, such as Why Do I Keep Counting?, where he's written every note. But there are others, like When You Were Young, that were more of a collaboration - like Mr Brightside, where I had some of the music and Brandon came up with the lyrics. We always have arguments about who wrote what. The truth is that we all help in that process."
When asked how success affected them, Ronnie says: "There were certain things that needed adjusting. When you're on tour for two years, people can get a little needy. It doesn't help that you're surrounded by yes men and everybody's working for you. At times we've had to say, 'Who do you think you are?' to people. No one wears the trousers, but some people would like to. I think if it wasn't for the people in the band kicking each other in the ass... Let's just say there was some ass-kickin'."
It doesn't take a genius to work out whose ass needed kicking most often.
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It's the following day and The Killers are back at their rehearsal space. The topic of discussion is what to wear in the video for Bones, the second single. It's a big deal: the director is Tim Burton. "I feel like Frank Sinatra when I sing it," announces Brandon. "With maybe a little bit of Morrissey and a little bit of Elvis, too."
Of course he does. But if securing the services of Tim Burton tells you one thing, it's that The Killers are about to get even bigger, perhaps even make the leap to the same level as Coldplay et al. Already stars, they are about to become superstars. Brandon can hardly wait.
"Do you know that Rolling Stone didn't want to put us on the cover last time," he says indignantly. "They didn't think we were stars. We sold five million albums! What more do they want from a band?"
Whatever was required, Brandon would be happy to do most things. "I'll do stuff that some people don't want to do, 'cause I want people to hear the music," he says. However, even he has limits. "The Rolling Stone thing made the record label think: 'What can we do to make them stars?' If I go on vacation with my wife, do they have to send somebody to be there to take pictures of me? Is that how you become a star? I don't want that. I walked down the red carpet one time and I realised I don't like it. But you don't have to walk down the red carpet for people to hear your music. We do still have some of that indie blood running through our veins."
He heads off at a tangent: "When you walk around Liverpool, you think of The Beatles, or you go to Manchester and you think of The Smiths or Oasis. I want you to come to Las Vegas and think of Sam's Town. And I think we've started to capture that, which is a truer version of The Killers, 'cause that's where we're from."
He pauses.
"I used to live across the street from Sam's Town. Maybe it'll be like our Abbey Road where people go to take pictures."
Is that what he'd like?
"I wouldn't mind it," he says, desperately hoping it will come true.
He puts a cigarette between his lips, looks down at his trouser pockets and pats them in search of the lighter he bought yesterday.
"Hey, I don't suppose you've got one?"

Hey hey! Here are some fun things that are happening around town this week:

Wednesday

• Santana Row Farmer’s Market Santana Row (Between Olin Ave. and Olsen Dr.) 4-8 p.m. FREE Sample fresh fruits, veggies, and other treats from South County farmers. (Runs through 9/25)
  
• Tully Night Market Tully Community Ballfields (880 Tully Rd., San Jose) 5:30 p.m. FREE Check out local makers, artists, and shakers to live music with the Trujillo Selena Tribute band.
  
• San Jose Shakeout Series Creekside Socials (20 Barack Obama Blvd., San Jose) 6-8 p.m. FREE The third week of this weekly running event features live music from Blue House and DJ Sumabat, with food and drink from Churros el Guero and Hot Papa. (Runs through 5/29)
  
• Electric Six + Supersuckers + Volk The Ritz (400 S. First St., San Jose) 7 p.m. $20 Advance, $25 Day of Show Don’t you want to know how we keep startin’ fires? It’s my desire! Danger! Danger! High voltage!
  
• The Caravan Lounge Comedy Show Caravan Lounge (98 S. Almaden Ave., San Jose) 9:30 p.m. FREE Ato Walker hosts this week’s rotating list of local comedians.
  

Thursday

• Off The Grid Night Market Gordon Biersch (357 E. Taylor St., San Jose) 5-9 p.m. FREE Groove to music from San Jose Jazz while you sample over 50+ food trucks and brews at the inaugural event. (Runs through 7/11)
  
• Bay to Breakers Shakeout Sunnyvale Bay Trail (293-327 W. Caribbean Dr., Sunnyvale) 6 p.m. FREE Don your Bay to Breakers gear and run, jog, or walk to your own pace at this running series.
  
• Dwight Clark Legacy Series California Theater (345 S. First St., San Jose) 7 p.m. $30-$287 Along with lively conversations with current and former 9ers players, NBC Sports hosts a presentation of the Dwight Clark Awards.
  
• Drink and Draw Art Boutiki (44 Race St., San Jose) 7 p.m. FREE Bring out your inner artiste while you sip on a tasty beverage and enjoy the sound of Digging Sound Collect. Crayons, paper, pencils, and other utensils provided.
  
• Chris Porter San Jose Improv (62 S. Second St., San Jose) Thu 8 p.m., Fri 7:30 + 9:45 p.m., Sat 7 p.m. + 9:30 p.m. $22-$72 From NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” and his Netflix special “Ugly and Angry,” this comedian has distinguished himself as a no-frills, no-sound cues, no puppets performer. (Runs through 5/18)
  
• Austin Nasso Rooster T Feathers Comedy Club (Address) Thu-Fri 8 p.m., Sat-Sun 7 p.m. $25 Admission, $35 VIP You may know this former Microsoft software engineer from his recurring appearances on “The Howard Stern Show.” (Runs through 5/19)
  
• Pressure Drop DJ Night Caravan Lounge (98 S. Almaden Ave., San Jose) 9 p.m. FREE Join DJs Norbert + Fuchsia for a night of punk, ska, reggae, soul, and R&B.
  

Friday

• Salsa y Cerveza Garden at the Flea (1590 Berryessa Rd., San Jose) 5-9 p.m. FREE Learn to Salsa dance and browse flea market deals while you groove to Union Timbera and gnosh on bites from local food trucks.
  
• Movie Night in the Park: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” Meadowfair Park (Corda Dr. + Barberry Ln., San Jose) 6-10 p.m. FREE Bring your blanket + lawn chair, and enjoy lawn games, crafts, and food trucks as you watch one of the coolest, most stylish animated films from last year.
  
• SJBP - Bikers of the Caribbean Ride! Berryessa BART Station (958 Berryessa Station Way, San Jose) 7:30 p.m. FREE Dress like a pirate, or wear your street gear to join other bike enthusiasts for a 15-20 mile ride through North San
  
• Bay FC vs San Diego Wave FC PayPal Park (1123 Coleman Ave., San Jose) 7:30 p.m. $20-$196 After losses on the road to Chicago and Portland, our team returns home for a “Bay Area Unite” game.
  
• Sofia Niño de Rivera California Theater (345 S. First St., San Jose) 8 p.m. $49-$109 You may know this comedian as Mexico City’s “Woman of the Year” 2016, or from the Netflix dramedy “Club de Cuervos.”
  
• Dark Satellite + Orbit 17 + Dear Banshee Art Boutiki (44 Race St., San Jose) 8 p.m. $15 Advance, $20 Day of Show Bay Area indie rockers collide at a stellar showcase of prog, jazz, and otherworldly riffage.
  
• Alicia Villarreal San Jose Civic (135 W. San Carlos St., San Jose) 8 p.m. $39.50-$149 See the two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning singer for her “Donde Todo Comenzo” tour.
  
• Electric Feels: Indie Rock + Indie Dance Party The Ritz (400 S. First St., San Jose) 9 p.m. $15-$20 Advance, $25 Day of Show From MGMT to Vampire Weekend, alt-J to Hot Chip, dance along to your favorite indie tracks from yesteryear.
  
• Panacea + HRIF + Perarez Caravan Lounge (98 S. Almaden Ave., San Jose) 9 p.m. FREE Chunky riffs, ear-splitting growls, and dense-packed crowds fill one of the most intimate venues in the South Bay.
  

Saturday

• Bored Teachers Comedy Tour California Theater (345 S. First St., San Jose) 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. $35-$55 Ring in the end of the school year with the No. 1 teacher comedians in the world performing skits and stand ups.
  
• Culture Night Market Discovery Meadow (180 Woz Way, San Jose) 4-10 p.m. FREE Featuring local vendors, food trucks, and businesses, to hoppin’ stage performances from Universal Grammar, Los Jefes, L James, Thatfool Al, Sutro, DJ Say, and Real Ignorant.
  
• All Out for Al-Nakba San Jose Peace and Justice Center (48 S. Seventh St., San Jose) 4 p.m. FREE Join community members and activists for a screening and discussion of Al Jazeera’s “Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948” documentary series as a part of Anti-War Action Network’s national week of action.
  
• Hey Girl! Sexy Slumber Party Splash Video Dance Bar (65 Post St., San Jose) 6 p.m. FREE before 7:30, $10 after Dress in your best pajamas or sexy sleepwear and dance along with fellow fems, femmes, and femme fatales to the tunes of local DJ Rogue Mermaid.
  
• Nate Jackson San Jose Civic (135 W. San Carlos St., San Jose) 7 p.m. $39.50-$200 You know he has to be funny, because his tour’s called the “Super Funny World Tour.” It’s just science.
  
• The ABBA Concert Experience Montgomery Theater (271 S. Market St., San Jose) 7:30 p.m. $39-$59 This family-friendly singalong show highlights the enduring success of one of the world’s most beloved pop supergroups.
  
• San Jose Earthquakes vs. Orlando City SC PayPal Park (1123 Coleman Ave., San Jose) 7:30 p.m. $22-$185 Join the Quakes for Vietnamese Heritage night, with special merch for sale, and limited items with purchase of a ticket.
  
• Take on Me: The Ultimate 80’s Party The Ritz (400 S. First St., San Jose) 8 p.m. $17-$20 Advance, $20 Day of Show Don your favorite hot pants and pastel colors for this celebration of synths and gated reverb drums.
  
• Nineteen Jazz Orchestra Art Boutiki (44 Race St., San Jose) 8 p.m. $25 Advance, $30 Day of Show Along with classic soul, jazz, and R&B, this local professional jazz group will be performing “Obama Suite,” composed by their their former trumpet player, the late Eric Bolvin.
  
• Nature of the Beast SJZ Break Room (310 S. First St., San Jose) 8 p.m. $25 Bay Area jazz legends return to the SJZ stage to perform select songs from Herbie Hancock’s discography.
  
• Dead River Rebels + American Standard + Akira XX Caravan Lounge (98 S. Almaden Ave., San Jose) 9 p.m. FREE DIY punk meets stoner rock at this showcase of local talent.
  

Sunday

• Boogie Music Fest Downtown Campbell 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday FREE Admission Enjoy food, beer, and wine, plus artisan booths, a kids zone, and a funky “Best Dressed” contest, with live music on two stages both days.
  
• AAPI Pride Brunch Holiday Inn San Jose - Silicon Valley (1350 N. First St., San Jose) 11 a.m.-3 p.m. FREE Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander History Month with local drag performers, poetry, Mahjong, and trivia games.
  
• Halfway to Halloween Rumble City Boxing (866 Park Ave., San Jose) 2-6 p.m. FREE From spooky wares to Halfoween artistry, check out local artist booths with live music and food.
  
• Homayoun Shajarian + Anoushiravan Rohani San Jose Civic (135 W. San Carlos St., San Jose) 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. Two legendary performers, one from Tehran and the other from Iran, blend Eastern and Western musical traditions.
  
• Jakob’s Castle + The Happys The Ritz (400 S. First St., San Jose) 7 p.m. $15 Advance, $20 Day of Show SoCal rock and ska royalty Jacob Nowell brings his sublime punk sensibilities to the stage.
  
• Sammy Obeid San Jose Improv (62 S. Second St., San Jose) 8:30 p.m. $30-$90 One of my favorite comedians of all time, Sammy’s been a part of the Bay Area comedy scene for the past two decades. Check out some of his bits on Instagram/TikTok!
  

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• Gregg

Hello!
I hope we're all doing well!
We did relatively okay last time, with our secondary parlay landing clean! Everything else kinda fell apart, but I did a bit better than I feared i would have done.
Another rough fight night to predict here! Should be a fun event though.
Onwards to the predictions!
(c) - Champ
D/DWCS - Debut/Dana Whites' Contender Series
FLS - Fight Lose Streak
FWS - Fight Win Streak
NS - No Streak
(#x) - Rank in Division
x/3 - Confidence Levels
lets go!
Prelims
Women’s Strawweight
Emily Ducote (-275) (13-8-0, NS) v Vanessa Demopoulos (+220) (10-5-0, NS) - Oh look, a fight that’s probably going to go to the scorecards. Ducote is coming off a relatively strong win against Yoder, she was very capable of stuffing all of those takedown attempts coming her way and matching the tenacity of Yoder on the feet. Now, I am always a bit iffy when it comes to someone with a record like Ducotes’, but I do believe they (The UFC) didn’t quite build her up properly, giving her opponents like Godinez and Hill very early on in her UFC career. Ducote is a fairly well rounded fighter who does well on her feet, but most importantly, her grappling is relatively good, having been capable of defending the takedowns of Godinez, which isn’t a small feat since Godinez is well known for her wrestling capabilities. That ability to defend takedowns is massively important when dealing with someone like Demopoulos, whose main threat in most of her fights are her takedowns and grappling attacks. Ducote has fairly standard striking attacks for a well rounded MMA fighter, she is very quick on the feet and throws a lot of volume when she attacks, which could prove challenging to Demopoulos as she tries to enter range and initiate a takedown. Now, whilst Ducote has a lot of volume and speed to her strikes, she lacks in the “finishing” area, she doesn’t quite have the tenacity to finish her opponents, there’s no hurry. With that said though, she does have a bit of a familiar pattern of touching up her opponents until that right hand finds its mark, then she adds emphasis on that right-side punch. She has, however, one weird tendency to just stand there, staring, whilst in the pocket, with a rather square stance, and whilst that might help her with the offensive output, she is still standing there with minimal defences. That’s something that has contributed to her losses in the past and something that Demopoulos could possibly use as a way to find an entry for a takedown. Demopoulos is coming off a win against Murata, but it was a fairly unimpressive performance with Demopoulos getting taken down a lot, and although she looked fairly good on the feet with powerful single attacks, I don’t quite know how effective she is going to be against a volume-heavy fighter like Ducote. Demopoulos has a few tendencies as a fighter that are great, she is fairly active in the guard off her back, throwing up submissions very quickly, but the problem with that is nowadays if you can’t lock in a submission, then you are losing the fight, and I think if Demopoulos does pull guard, Ducote should have the ability to control her on the ground and avoid submissions. This is a very, very 50/50 fight in my opinion. Ducote has a slight advantage on the feet due to her speed and volume, but on the ground it’s looking like Demopoulos has the advantages there, as she does have great instinct on when to lock in a submission or shift the hips. The safest bet here is either o2.5 rounds or the fight going the distance, this isn’t a ML bet fight by any means in my opinion. As for my prediction, I am very split but i’m leaning towards Ducote to win this one, but it’s the slightest lean one can imagine.
Ducote via UD - (1/3)
Bantamweight
Alatengheili (+150) (16-9-2, NS) v Kleydson Rodrigues (-185) (8-3-0, NS) - This is a fascinating one. Alatengheili was scheduled to fight a month ago but it was cancelled due to an illness, so I fully expect him to fight again this week. The kinda good news about that is he doesn’t really need to have a big camp since he already had the conditioning and cardio from that other camp preparing for Victor Hugo. Alatengheili is a very aggressive and powerful fighter, everything he throws has so much speed and power behind it, and whilst there might not be a lot of volume behind those punches, he shouldn’t be underestimated on the feet because of his explosiveness. Alatengheili also uses that explosive power to wrestle, and he is fairly good on the ground, able to maintain a strong position at all times and just land heavy ground and pound. Alatengheili is powerful but he doesn’t display that power with reckless abandon, he tends to be a bit of a counter puncher, his hands are often low or loose, which lures his opponent in to strike, in which he then propels himself forward with a quick flurry of dangerous punches, then there’s a reset and he waits to lure his opponent in again. That’s his typical gameplan and it works a lot of the time, but I do think he might get exposed by one thing that Rodrigues could do, and that’s chop at the legs to remove or mitigate that explosiveness that Alatengheili relies on. Rodrigues on the other hand has not had as much experience nor octagon time that Alatengheili has had, but his style seems to be a bit of a challenge for Alatengheili, at least from what I can see. Rodrigues is very well rounded, he is very quick on the feet, but most of all, he doesn’t do anything too crazy to be lured into a potential counter-flurry by Alatengheili. Rodrigues loves to kick at range, he is so dynamic and can switch up the angles of the attacks so quickly that he could possibly just keep kicking Alatengheili until the fight is over, as long as he keeps a safe distance from a retaliatory attack. He is very quick at throwing out those kicks and I do think if he attacks the legs early enough he is going to be effective, as Gutierrez was when he fought Alatengheili. Alatengheili is going to have to mix it up in this fight to get ahead, he is going to have to rely heavily on his wrestling in order to get a win here, because we have seen that Rodrigues is mostly a kickboxestriker, and if Alatengheili can push a nasty pace and pressure (something he only does if he is successful with his counters or see’s his opponent is hurt), that completely removes Rodrigues’ ability to kick. However, the biggest danger with any sort of aggressive forward movement from Alatengheili is the ridiculous hand speed of Rodrigues, his boxing speed is ferocious and he doesn’t necessarily overthrow, everything is clean and tight, and given how open the defences are with Alatengheili, I do think a check left hook or an uppercut is going to be a highly effective tool that Rodrigues is going to utilise, especially if Alatengheili is going to look for takedowns. The focus and timing of Rodrigues is something that I really like also, he is so calm but intense in the cage, he sees a lot of his opponents attacks coming, and since Alatengheili’s actions are huge and relatively easy to read (as there is quite a wind up for it) Rodrigues should be able to avoid it or counter effectively. One major thing I want to point out here that makes me lean on Rodrigues even moreso is the striking inaccuracy of Alatengheili, he is a powerful fighter, i cannot state this enough, but it is thanks to that power and his willingness to throw down heavy punches that he often misses. I’m gonna list some stats, so bear with me… These are his striking accuracy stats from a handful of his recent fights, starting from the most recent to ones earlier in his career. Gutierrez with 28% Accuracy, Anheliger with 37%, Lopez with 30% and Kenney with 26%. This is why I emphasized before how important Alatengheili’s wrestling is going to be in this fight, because if you’re going to go up against a very tricky and accurate striker like Rodrigues, you cannot play that accuracy game and risk winging punches against him. With that said though, don’t count of Alatengheili here, his power and explosiveness are always going to be a problem and it should generally be a good idea to sprinkle a little bit of money on him, even moreso that he’s an underdog. My prediction for this fight is a long, drawn out Rodrigues win, but it’s a tough one because we haven’t quite seen that much greatness from Rodrigues.
Rodrigues via UD - (1/3)
Women’s Strawweight
Piera Rodriguez (-175) (9-1-0, NS) v Ariane Carnelossi (+145) (14-3-0, NS) - Normally, a lot of fights interest me, even the ones that don’t interest the vast majority of others… but this one? I have no feelings one way or the other about this one, it seems like a filler fight lol. Rodriguez is a relatively well rounded fighter coming off a tough loss against Gillian Robertson, and I mean, that kind of loss tends to come with the territory of wrestling a well known submission specialist, so I don’t exactly fault Rodriguez for losing in that way. There is very little doubt that Rodriguez is going to have a major advantage in the wrestling department, a lot of her fights involve her taking down her opponent, it's what she does exceptionally well and considering how dreadful Carnelossi’s takedown defence is, it is going to be Piera’s imperative to take down Carnelossi. The problem with Rodriguez is that she's a little bit one dimensional, she doesn’t do too well on the feet and Carnelossi does have very strong strikes, I mean, look at her, she’s absolutely a power puncher. Rodriguez is highly diverse with her striking, both in terms of range and variability of attack, she has excellent fundamentals with the boxing, landing combinations in the pocket and moving away, and one main thing she does extremely well is that jab, its a really long, lunging jab, and the reason why I point that out is because it somewhat masks the takedown, she uses that jab over and over, and because that motion to jab is almost similar to a level change, she doesn’t necessarily feint the jab to get to the level change/takedown position, but her opponents just think another jab is coming. This is going to be a great set up against Carnelossi, attack her with long, prodding jabs, and after a few of those, go for a level change, because its that long lunge that looks like a level change. To put it bluntly, anything to get a level change and a takedown will be highly effective against Carnelossi. Carnelossi is an interesting one to talk about because she had a fun start to her career with an extremely entertaining fight against Liang Na, but if you look closely, she is just a fun fighter, not a great one. Her punching power is probably her biggest asset, because everywhere else she absolutely is not worth talking about, and it’s that punching power that will be evident when she inevitably clips Rodriguez. Carnelossi is one dimensional, but boy is she scrappy and I don’t think Rodriguez can afford to get crazy with her on the feet, because Rodriguez will be hurt by something in the pocket, the smartest thing Rodriguez can ideally do is level change and absolutely remove the power from Carnelossi, and considering that Carnelossi’s power is generated from a very still-standing stance, it wouldn’t take much to take her off her feet. I got Rodriguez winning this one, it should hopefully be a fun fight.
Rodriguez via UD - (1/3)
Middleweight
Abus Magomedov (-250) (25-6-1, 2 FLS) v Warlley Alves (+205) (14-7-0, 3 FLS) - It kind of seems like they are setting Magomedov up for success here. Magomedov may have had a tough last two bouts, but considering the fact that he faced Strickland and Borralho, that’s ridiculous levels of competition for a newcomer. Magomedov had one major issue exposed when he fought Strickland and that was his cardio, everything else he looked absolutely incredible at, he has a lot of power in his hands, he’s long and dynamic with his attacks and he has great wrestling, but it was his cardio that made him fall apart. During his Borralho fight, despite losing that bout, those cardio issues didn’t seem as present, he has seemingly learnt to pace himself and he honestly looks to be a decent up and comer now that he’s facing slightly more adjusted competition instead of straight up killers. Magomedov has a massive, massive reach advantage over Alves, and that’s going to be prevalent when Magomedov lands those beautiful strikes at range. He does use his kicks alot, and alongside said kicks are a lot of knee feints, it's a bit odd to look at, it could just be him getting ready to check leg kicks or to feint a kick, but it's just one of those things that I can’t quite figure out. Anyway, Magomedov’s cardio is going to be in question again today, and whilst I did say that he seems to be mostly fine, or at least a bit better than when he fought Strickland, he still tends to overthrow a lot, there is no pitter patter of punches that you somewhat see, they’re all still big actions and those big actions cost him his cardio early on. The best way to kind of describe Magomedov, at least cardio wise, is a slightly more talented and skillful McKinney. My main concern is how exposed his face is to getting hit, all it would take is for Alves to rush in like a bull and throw some heavy overhand punches, make it very gritty in there and make Magomedov tired. That’s the only way I can kind of see Magomedov struggle a lot. Alves is an exceptionally quick starter, he is an absolute firecracker and if he can catch Magomedov early, that’s going to be absolutely massive given the size difference. Everything Alves throws comes with silly amounts of power, and he isn’t necessarily a headhunter, he chops at the legs and body occasionally, he’s quite diverse and I think those leg kicks are going to be problematic for Magomedov, considering Magomedov needs to push forward in order to get his combinations off. Alves is a tough, tough fighter, and whilst he is coming off a savage knockout by Aliskerov, I do think that Alves is still one dangerous fighter to take on, maybe not as technical as Borralho (to compare to Magomedov’s last opponent), but he is an absolute monster when it comes to aggression and that alone could exhaust Magomedov. However, the reach and movement of Magomedov is going to be a major challenge here. I am not completely counting out Alves here, I think he is being a bit underestimated here, but I just think Magomedov has a lot more tools in his arsenal that is going to be boosted by that reach advantage, and it does seem that Alves is fairly susceptible to down the pipe shots, something that Magomedov does well. Range and distance are going to be the main gameplan for Magomedov and his time I think. I got Magomedov winning this one, but i am not very confident in this one due to the volatility of Alves’ actions. He is a wild and fast starter so I expect that first round to be the most sketchiest.
Magomedov via KO R2 - (1/3)
Women’s Bantamweight
Tamires Vidal (+300) (7-2-0, NS) v Melissa Gatto (-410) (8-2-2, 2 FLS) - This is certainly an interesting one. Vidal is coming off a tough loss against Rendon, and it was a bit of a boring fight in all honesty, with Vidal being somewhat effective on the feet with big and powerful attacks, but ultimately succumbing to the wrestling of Rendon. I don’t see that much changing this time around since Gatto is a great wrestler and Vidal has clearly shown major defensive issues in the wrestling department, so to put it bluntly, it just seems like Vidal has a puncher's chance, and if she does land those punches, I do think the tides can change a little in her favour, but it would only take one takedown for Gatto to be in full control for the rest of that round. Outside of her loss to Rendon, Vidal looked fun against Pascual, then again, a lot of fighters of a reasonably low calibre can look good against Pascual, so I think that was one of those “set up for success” fights. Still, the aggression and threat of a knockdown/out from Vidal will be fairly prevalent during this fight. But that’s about it, shes a powerful striker and quite dynamic, but her takedown defence is going to be a problem. Gatto was scheduled to fight Dudakova a few weeks ago, however that fight fell off, which is probably good for Gatto coz she’s ready for a fight regardless, shes still somewhat fresh off camp and was going to probably employ the same strategy against Vidal that she would have against Dudakova, and that was to wrestle. Gatto’s wrestling has always been a bit of a highlight for her, she’s physically strong and is able to do well in advantageous positions, holding her opponents down and either landing ground and pound or just grinding them out, exhausting them for a large chunk of the round. Gatto is also very dangerous on the feet, she has deceptively quick and powerful punches which she uses to both damage her opponents but also as an opportunity to raise their guard so the level change is more easily accessible. No matter what way you cut this slice of cake, I think Gatto’s wrestling is going to be a major problem for Vidal, and Vidal’s only way to win this fight is to keep it standing and just brawl, make it look gritty in there and potentially freeze up Gatto’s ability to wrestle cleanly. I am leaning on Gatto to win this one, but that unpredictability of Vidal’s aggression is going to be a big factor here. No major bet advice here, it seems like there is a possibility of it going over 2.5 rounds, but that’s about it.
Gatto via UD - (1/3)
Light Heavyweight
Oumar Sy (D) (9-0-0, 9 FWS) v Tuco Tokkos (D) (10-3-0, 3 FWS) - ITS DOUBLE DEBUT TIME!!! These are getting rarer and rarer the more we see fighters from DWCS make their way to the UFC, so this is a fun little occasion. Sy is coming into this fight a little bit more prepared, at least physically and cardio wise, than his replacement opponent in Tokkos. Sy is coming off a string of beautiful fights on various promotions, but most importantly he’s been relatively tested on KSW, which is one of the better promotions to come out of the European world of MMA. Sy is a long and rangey fighter who has dangerous head kicks and dangerous wrestling skills that he uses really well, and whilst he has a massive reach advantage over his opponent, he doesn’t exactly strike in any traditional way, you don’t see him throw a lot of jabs, he mostly uses his reach to lock in takedowns (since it’s easier to lock in takedowns with longer arms), and the moment the fight goes to the ground, expect him to find a position to where he can reign down heavy ground and pound. I would love to see him strike a bit more, but most of his fights are him taking his opponents down and landing ground and pound, and if he does that against a replacement fighter in Tokkos, I expect him to dominate and completely shut down Tokkos since it would take preparation to get out of funky positions that Sy puts his opponents in, and I don’t know if Tokkos has that wrestling background to handle the larger and longer opponent in Sy properly on the ground. Tokkos seemingly came out of nowhere this last week, and that one thing that blasted me in the face was the record of his second most recent opponent, Brian Jackson. Dudes got a 1-7 record and Tokkos torched him (expectedly), that doesn’t bring a lot of confidence to me that a guy like Tokkos, coming from a relatively decent gym in Kill Cliff FC, takes on and fights someone like that. Tokkos is overall a decent fighter with some strong wins under his belt, but the main thing going against him here is preparation time, and whilst he does have a fair bit of experience under his belt, I just don’t think he’s ready for someone like Sy on short notice. Tokkos is a relatively well rounded fighter with great wrestling and decent striking, but i just think all of that is going to be possibly negated by the substantial reach advantage of Sy. This is a double debut though, and whilst I normally steer clear from calling someone new to the UFC a lock, I think the fact that Sy has had a full camp for… three fights (Bellato, Trocolli (both cancelled) and now Tokkos), I think he’s ready for this fight and ready for the UFC. He will be an optional lock, but still a 2/3 confidence pick, if that makes sense.
Sy via KO R1 (2/3)
Lightweight
Tom Nolan (-450) (6-1-0, NS) v Victor Martinez (+340) (13-5-0, NS) - Both fighters made their debut and lost in the same way, in the same round, so let’s call this a second attempt at a debut lol. Nolan made his debut against knockout artist Nikolas Motta, and honestly that is a dangerous fight for anyone to take, but it probably made sense to the matchmakers since both fighters are prolific knockout artists. Nolan does finish his opponents very quickly a lot of the time, and I do think he has a massive advantage on the feet against Martinez since Martinez isn’t exactly a big threat on the feet, and his inactivity over the past few years (or lack of solid activity at least) leaves some questions hanging in the air. Nolan has a reach and height advantage here, but the most prominent advantage will be with his reach where he can string together gorgeous straight combinations to decent effect, and that’s what he’s really known for, he’s got awesome boxing and he is very confident in his punching power. He is also relatively defensively sound for someone with his size because I have pointed out before that a lot of taller and longer fighters don’t shell up a lot or have a lot of defensive layers to their style, but Nolan is overall a fairly solid boxer both on the offence and defence, it’s just a shame he got fed to the wolf when he fought Motta. Nolan made the simple mistake when he fought Motta of being in the pocket without care, and i think those kinds of mistakes are easy enough to fix, and considering Martinez is not the same kind of threat on the feet compared to Motta, I do think that gives Nolan a bit more freedom to string together combinations and overall look great on the feet, as he was meant to be, since his whole career up until that loss to Motta has been him having gorgeous striking. Martinez is coming off a KO loss also, but it was by Jordan Leavitt, and that’s just a painful look on anyone's record to get knocked out by someone who is not known for his striking. Martinez is overall a good striker, he has very fast hands, but I have noticed one thing about him that I can see Nolan landing cleanly. Martinez has the tendency to leave his right hand far from a block position, its more of a parry position, in front of him instead of beside him, and he tends to lower that hand when taking a back step, and I cannot help but see the Southpaw striker in Nolan land that left hand to the chin of Martinez. Now, any sort of exchange between either fighter here is going to be a dangerous one for both parties, but that is where reach comes in, Nolan has a diverse boxing skillset and his long attacks allow him to carry power as much as anyone elses short hooks would. One major thing Martinez is going to have to be careful of is a knee up the middle by Nolan as Nolan’s height is going to allow that knee to come up to target without a major loss to momentum, and I mean, if Martinez got dropped by Rosales on DWCS, then by Leavitt, I just don’t know if he has the chin to withstand the battering that comes from Nolan. I got Nolan winning this one, but this is going to be a fantastic fight which isn’t likely to go the distance.
Nolan via KO R1 - (2/3)
Main Card
Women’s Strawweight
Angela Hill (#12) (-160) (16-13-0, NS) v Luana Pinheiro (#13) (+130) (11-2-0, NS) - This is a great fight. Hill is coming off a very strong win over Denise Gomes, and it was honestly such a brilliant performance by someone who a lot of people tend to ignore. Hill is an incredibly diverse fighter, she is tenacious on the feet, highly capable of stringing together strong combinations from all ranges, and as she closes the distance, she’s good at tying up her opponent in a clinch and landing awesome knees and elbows. This is all Hill and her cumulative experience in the Octagon against a wide range of different fighters and styles, and it’s clear to me that her preparation for a lot of her fights involve solid planning and back up plans, because whilst her record reflects a rough run through her career, her level of competition is insane. Hill isn’t a finisher though, but she is someone who can keep a ridiculous pace for three rounds, so I do think that she has the capabilities to overwhelm Pinheiro on the feet, especially since we just saw Ribas do the same thing a little over 5 months ago. Hill will have a striking advantage in this fight, she throws a lot of volume at high speed towards her opponent and they do land effectively, and with a slight edge in reach I do see her having a bit more success on the feet here especially since Pinheiro does not have a lot of head movement or striking defence. Pinheiro is a danger to Hill in the grappling department though, especially in those transitions from standing to ground, she utilises hip throws relatively well and could make this fight ugly on the ground, but I don’t think there is a major submission threat here, I think her style is predominantly control and ground and pound, both things that Hill has experience in dealing with, although she still will lose the round if Pinheiro executes her gameplan well. Pinheiro has power in her hands, she could potentially make Hill a little bit frozen and hesitant on the feet once Pinheiro lands that overhand right that Pinheiro loves to throw early, but she doesn’t throw it often enough to lead to a significant finish, she’s a very low volume, high impact striker and that could play in the favour of Hill if Hill’s volume walks Pinheiro back into the cage. Pinheiro could make this fight dangerous for Hill on the ground, but we have seen a few times now that Hill is very good at the basics of takedown defence, underhooks, whizzers (if i spelt that correctly) and quickly getting back to a standing position, she is not complacent on the ground or in that transition to the ground, and I think any sort of failed takedown attempt from Pinheiro is going to fuel Hill a lot more, since Pinheiro only has a few kinds of takedowns. This is a hard on to pick in all seriousness, I might get the prediction wrong, but I have a strong feeling that we are going to see this fight go over 2.5 rounds, or even hit the scorecards. As for the prediction, looking at this fight, I am kind of leaning on Hill here, because Pinheiro’s wins aren’t as significant as Hill’s wins, and i do think Pinheiro fades a little bit as the fight goes on.
Hill via UD - (1/3)
Bantamweight
Adrian Yanez (-350) (16-5-0, 2 FLS) v Vinicius Salvador (+275) (14-6-0, 2 FLS) - I love this fight. Yanez is coming off two painful back to back KO losses, whenever a young fighter comes into the UFC, tears through the division, then hits a losing skid, it’s always a concern to any fan or pundit. However, I do think that leg kick KO is anomalous to the UFC, it rarely happens and I don’t think Salvador is much of a leg kicker anyway so the threat isn’t there. However, I do want to add that the psychological factor of maybe getting leg kicked to oblivion is going to weigh heavy on Yanez’ mind, and I do wonder if Yanez has drilled checking leg kicks before. Now, Yanez is still a dangerous opponent for anyone to take, he still has incredibly technical MMA boxing, and that’s going to be on full display this weekend. Yanez is so fluid and yet tricky on the feet, he’s very good at gauging range and firing away from different angles, as well as timing his shots off his opponents striking attempts, everything involving striking exchanges will most likely be in the favour of Yanez, he thrives in that space and I do believe his experience and his wins prior to those two devastating losses are going to shine this weekend. My only concern about Yanez is his ability to not get carried away and show his chin too much, because whilst Salvador is yet to get a win in the UFC, he still has had some mild striking success against fighters like Altamirano and Vergara, and it wouldn’t take a lot for Salvador to find the chin of Yanez. Salvador is a very funky and unorthodox fighter, and whilst that always brings positive attention to him, I also think that has been a product of failure for him also since the more cleaner fighters outbox him, are generally a lot faster and just find their mark a bit quicker, if that makes sense? I mean, Salvador’s stance is fairly loose, his chin is in the air and his shell is rather loose, and that’s not good news, especially if he’s facing a vicious fighter like Yanez. Salvador thrives in chaotic fights though, he is awesome and making it dangerous and risky for his opponents to fight in the pocket, but his style emanates a lack of self preservation. He is a kill or be killed kind of fighter in my opinion, and I firmly believe that when he got dropped numerous times in that first round against Victor Altamirano, it only showed us, and any future opponent (via tape watch in prep) that he is very hittable, his head is right there and the only reason it wasn’t there for Vergara was due to the significant difference in height and reach. Salvador moving up to 135 could make him a lot more interesting in terms of being able to explode more often and having more power behind his punches, but I also think it means he is dealing with more harder hitting fighters, and with the accuracy and boxing skill set of Yanez, I just think Salvador is going to get outdone here. I got Yanez winning this one, but I am interested to see if Salvador has what it takes to win and upset a lot of parlays out there.
Yanez via KO R2 - (1/3)
Welterweight
Ramiz Brahimaj (+170) (10-4-0, NS) v Themba Gorimbo (-205) (12-4-0, 2 FWS) - Brahimaj is coming back after two tough years away, and the reason why it’s tough is because he has been dealing with a spinal injury, and boy do i empathise with that. Now, his injury is mostly C-Spine and shoulder area nerve damage, this is terrible for a fighter because it effectively eliminates your ability to comfortably strike, sprawl, wrestle, underhook/overhook stuff, everything that you see in a fighter typically comes from shoulder rotation and all that stuff, so for Brahimaj to be out for two years, dealing with all of that, does not give me a lot of confidence in him being 100% coming into this fight against Gorimbo. Brahimaj is a dangerous grappler who thrives on the ground, he is honestly only dangerous on the ground, but the problem is that Gorimbo is very good on the ground himself, at least good enough to know what is being set up, and it’s on the ground where Brahimaj has his only chance to win. Unfortunately for Brahimaj, it’s going to take some work to get the fight to the ground and Gorimbo is more than willing to keep the fight standing, so honestly, I just don’t think Brahimaj is going to be as well rounded or as effective as he needs to be in order to get a win here. Gorimbo is riding some momentum coming into this fight, as he is coming off a lightning quick KO over Pete Rodriguez, and I mean, Rodriguez sucks, he’s one of the worst fighters in the UFC and that KO means nothing in the grand scheme of things, it’s just an additional win on a record with barely any weight to it. Gorimbo is going to be a lot more confident in his boxing though since that win, that feeling of getting knockouts is an addictive one and I think he’s going to be using his incredible reach advantage to look to get another KO this weekend over the possibly rusty Brahimaj. Gorimbo is a very well rounded fighter who honestly has a lot of potential to be a star, he has excellent boxing, and honestly very good wrestling and grappling, and I do think if the fight does go to the ground, Gorimbo has the fight IQ to notice set ups coming, neutralize them and remain on top in control, landing ground and pound or just advancing to his own submission positions. The most likely scenario though is Gorimbo keeps this fight standing and overwhelms Brahimaj on the feet, because he probably wants to chase another KO since that feeling is notoriously addictive. I got Gorimbo winning this one, I can’t wait to see how far this man goes in his career.
Gorimbo via KO R1 - (2/3)
Co-Main Event
Welterweight
Khaos Williams (-125) (14-3-0, NS) v Carlston Harris (+105) (19-5-0, 2 FWS) - This feels like a classic Striker versus Grappler fight. Williams is a strong, powerful striker who is such a threat on the feet, especially early on when he wants to push a nasty pace and land those devastating punches. He is known for being a bully, crashing forward with crazy power and aggression. There is no clean technique coming from Williams, it is mostly wild, wild punches and he is confident in his ability to knock out his opponent, that’s what makes him a dangerous threat to his opponents, that confidence. The right hand is Williams best weapon, his right overhand or hook is going to be the one that knocks out Harris if it lands, but that’s all he is, a powerful right side puncher, and if Harris times a takedown well, all of that threat is gone. On the flip side, Harris is primarily a grappler with a solid grappling base, and whilst he has faced his fair share of dangerous strikers, I believe Williams’ power is something different. Now, Harris has the potential to take this fight to the ground, I know that according to UFC stats that Harris has an 80% takedown defence, but there has not been enough wrestling in his fights, by his opponents, to fully prove that his takedown defence is that great, it’s only been used sparingly against him since most of his fights are absolute wild exchanges and beautiful displays of violence on the feet. Williams' propensity to head hunt could lead to an opening for a level change by Harris, but it’s a risky thing to do because any punch that lands on Harris is going to hurt him, and considering the age factor here, its possible his chin isn’t going to hold up well against the power of Williams. Now, Harris was getting rag dolled and outwrestled by Wells when they fought, and whilst that isn’t a great look for Harris, I don’t think Williams has the wrestling capabilities that Wells has, so I think the main submission threat from Harris in this fight is going to come from the clinch, so guillotines and front head choke variants are going to be on the menu for Harris this weekend, it’s just a matter of if he gets into that position or if he gets his head blasted over and over by powerful punches from Williams. This is a dangerous fight to bet on if you’re thinking of Moneyline betting, it can easily go either way since both excel in their respective styles, the safest and smartest bet here in my opinion is that this fight doesn’t hit the judges scorecards. As for my prediction, I don’t think i’ll be getting this right due to the volatile nature of this match up, but…
Harris via Sub R2 - (1/3)
Main Event
Featherweight
Edson Barboza (#14) (+125) (24-11-0, 2 FWS) v Lerone Murphy (-150) (13-0-1, 5 FWS FWS) - Man this is a funky main event. Barboza is a legend of the sport, but most importantly, and perhaps most relevant to this write up, he is an old dog who can still hang with the toughest. His last two wins have been against Yusuff and Quarantillo, two very difficult fighters to take on at 145 and it’s his win over Yusuff that I want to highlight… Yusuff exploded in the first round, looked for that finish and Barboza survived and thrived throughout the rest of the fight, it was a beautiful display of heart, toughness, and adaptability, because that was not the first firefight that Barboza has been in, and considering his current opponent, it sure as shit won’t be his last. Barboza is well known for his outstanding kicks, but he’s also just overall a ridiculously dangerous striker. An understated aspect of his whole game though is his wrestling and grappling, he might not be looking for a lot of takedowns when he fights, but he is well versed on the ground, having taken down Yusuff 3 of 4 times in the final round of a high pace main event is testament to his cardio and conditioning, despite the concern surrounding his age. Barboza is going to be a true test on the feet for Murphy, and I think it’s going to be the toughest fight of his career. Murphy is coming off a string of strong victories in the UFC, with his most recent one being against Culibao, and I gotta say, Murphy is one of those dangerous prospects that we all should keep an eye on. Murphy is a rapidly improving fighter who adds weapons to his arsenal every single time he comes out. He was originally a boxer with outstanding punching power and speed, he was ridiculously slick on the feet, but after each fight he adds more kicks, more movement and wrestling, he has slowly become a very well rounded fighter, and this makes his upcoming bout against a very tested veteran who is still here to stay in Barboza incredibly fascinating. There is a slight catch to all of those additional things added into his arsenal though, and that’s each time something has been added, the next opponent has something else to prepare for. I firmly believe that Murphy’s rise to this position and to this fight is not from his outstanding skill level, but from his incredible repertoire of techniques he has acquired and learnt over his UFC career. Unpredictability is king when it comes to new fighters, we have seen new fighters add things to their game that have completely changed and accelerated their growth, and that’s exactly what we have seen for Murphy. Murphy has a wide variety of strong strikes he uses effortlessly, from standard boxing combinations to a very snappy high kick, to strong grappling and control on the ground, he hasn’t mastered any of these things, but since they are added along each and every time he fights, his opponents are rarely prepared. This is not going to be the case for Barboza, Barboza is very, very well rounded and well versed in almost every aspect of MMA. Ill keep this short. I got Barboza winning this one, but I am still going to be a fan of Murphy, regardless of result.
Barboza via UD - (1/3)
Primary Parlay: Ducote/Demopoulos o2.5 or GTD + (optional Gatto/Vidal o2.5 or GTD) + Nolan/Martinez ITD + Hill/Pinheiro o2.5 or GTD + Barboza/Murphy R3 Starts
Locks of the week: Optional Sy + Nolan + Gorimbo
Alt Bets: Alves KO R1, Pinheiro Sub R2 or 3, Williams KO R1, Murphy KO R1 2 or 3 (combo rounds)
And that's it!!!!
Prediction accuracy as of 2024: 64.6%
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I woke up in my usual setting. A mostly dark room with a single bulb at the top. The walls were cushioned with what looked to be firm pillows. The only way out was a rusted, steel door with no knob. There was an opening in the middle of the door that would sometimes open to give me food with a male voice that would ask me occasionally, “How are you feeling Emma?”
I generally answer with a sarcastic retort like “Fine and dandy!”
I don’t remember why I was put here. Seems like something terrible if I’m in some padded mental hospital room. I remember watching shows like Mindhunters where the serial killer always came out of this scary, dark room like this one. Rooms like these are reserved for the worst of the worst. Usually for those not fit for regular societal norms.
I can never really remember what I did that was so horrible. I would briefly see flashes of me, my husband, and my two daughters doing fun family things. I remember going to Disneyland and doing long road trips to Yosemite. I loved them with all my heart.
Is all this because I hurt them?....What could I possibly have done to them?
I hear the usual screams from the other rooms at the ward. Screams of agony. Then there’s me, just quietly, slowly sinking my teeth into my fingernails just so I can feel something. The blood dripping down to my forearms.
It was the next day. I think?
The same voice alerted me as a hand came through with a tray of food. The usual chicken strips, beans, and apple juice.
“You alright Emma?”
“Yes sir” I said.
Time passes as I bang my head against the cushiony wall.
I suddenly remembered a courtroom. An argument between me and my husband.
He told me “How could you do this?”
Jesus….What did I do? I remember my kids crying as he pulled them away from me.
“4 years for domestic violence.” the judge ruled in court.
I lean on a dark corner of the room, dozing off. I remember being in the kitchen with a knife on my right hand and having blood on my left. I hear screams. Glass crashing to the floor.
And then a flash. That must have been when I got arrested…
I woke up from a nightmarish slumber, a tear going down my face. I just wanted to die.
I hear the attendant coming back.
“You okay Emma?”
“I deserve to be here don’t I?” as I burst out crying.
“It’s okay Emma. It’s better this way. I can’t let you tell on me again Emma. This way we’ll be together forever. Selena and Lana are just next door. See? We’ve never been so close. I’ll take good care of you all.”

I havent seen many people say anything about the audio and it should be talked about more. The audio is complete shit. Lets be honest. Im having a blast playing but the audio ruins the experience. Audio feels so liniar and not dynamic at all. Almost as if they have an "invisible wall" where as soon as you cross it, it changes depending on where you are going. For example when you are at base and you hear the heli you go into the house and the sound imediatley lowers and gets muffled since you are in the house. The problem is i would go as far as i want in the house and close all the doors the helicoptor audio will sound exactly the same as any corner of the house closed doors or not. Its not dynamic at all. Same thing whith the crickets and frogs. They just copy and pasted forest or swamp noises and called it a day. Theres a point where you know you hit the, for lack of better terms, "invisible wall" where you exit the swamp area or any area where the crickets, flies, and frogs are at and the noise just goes away. No matter how far you go from the swamp the noise wont gradually lower you just cross the "invisible wall" then bang it goes away. Gun audio is alright havent had an issue with it but its just the environment sounds that are poorly designed. The heli is so loud. I get its a helicopter but maybe they could add the feature where if people talk the background noise lowers so we can hear eachother better. The anemy sounds are also the same. every sound just feels like they copy and pasted and they didnt bother with audio direction or audio depth. Enemy footsteps sound the same from 30 feet away compaired to if they were 10 feet away.

Hailey Bieber Numerology Reading

Before becoming the wife of Justin Bieber, she went by the name of Hailey Rhode Baldwin. Firstly, her first name being her main name and being Hailey, let's see what that usually indicates on a general level.
Being someone who holds the first name, Hailey means that you appear either quiet, mature, or shy amongst others. You likely have an impression that can strike others as strong, serious, mean, or relaxed, depending on other factors. The name Hailey holds no double numbers, so it is a good balance of energies, but there are still general lessons people with the name Hailey has. This name holds the energy of 8,1,9,3,5,and 7. The numbers we don't see is 2,4 and 6. This could be why people with the name Hailey may not seem easily approachable by many people, but certain people may be drawn to this energy and won't notice anything off balance. Hailey names give people naturally embedded strength and some form of power, even if it is subtle. They may not always have a simple love life because with 2, 4, and 6 missing, these women/females can struggle sometimes with commitment or close intimacy and could have been too independent or avoidant at one point when someone was trying to love them. The name Hailey makes someone complex because on one hand, they a serious regarding their disposition(8) because they want to appear structured and well received by the public (1) or it makes them feel good to be well put together. They are naturally independent which could sometimes come off as distant(9), but they just want to explore and learn continuously(3). These are not initially people who place importance of romance.
Even if she is into relationships, she would likely not trust easily because of her name ending with the energy of 7 from Y which equals 25 before it is reduced to seven. This can make her a little cautious or strategic with her approach to any type of connections in her life because she want to make sure she can trust these people before she fully opens up.
Now as we look into her being Hailey Rhode Baldwin, this give her a lot of 5 energy. She has a few repeating numbers in her full name which are 8 twice which is good because she isn't overbearing, bossy, or mean, but she has tenacity and ambition most likely. Her capability of dedicating herself could be very strong. She can be obsessive, but it won't be too intense with the 2 8's balancing each other out. In other cases, this could cause her to overthink sometimes or have trust issues.
1 twice as well which emphasizes her not being a bratty type of woman because 1 and 8 can give someone a mean complex if there is enough of it. 1 is about being bold and taking the initiative.
9 three times in Hailey Rhode Baldwin's name which gives her emphasized 9 energy which is about power, authority, popularity, maturity, and travel. One thing she will likely always make time for is travel and learning. Could be into cultural knowledge as well.
Skipping to the fact that she has four 5's in her name, this is the energy emphasized the most. This equals 20 and then 2 making her appear soft, calm, loving, or sensitive. She could be very emotional with this energy and most likely have to perfect her emotional well-being.
Being HAILEY RHODE BALDWIN gives her the Destiny #4, soul urge #9, and Personality #4
Destiny #4 is the same as Halle Bailey. Destiny 4 people are private, especially about things they value and things they see as important and dear to them. It's serious. These types of people are naturally capable of withstanding or handling responsibility. They are evolving into mastering a life that is in order. Don't force these types of people out of their shell if they are not ready. Once these Destiny 4 types feel safe around you, their personality expands and show clearer.
As a soul urge 9, Hailey Bieber is a natural at quick learning and experience. She may be someone who could see something once and would know the ins and outs after that first time learning or practicing. 9 is mastery and wisdom.
As a personality #4, this makes Hailey a cautious person. She will not do or say anything if she isn't feeling comfortable to do so. She takes calculated steps and won't do anything she considers risky or stupid. She has to warm up to environments before she allows herself to be part of the festivities. Likely not too big on parties as an importance.
April and May of 2024 were very romantic times for Hailey Bieber which makes sense that she is now pregnant with Justin Bieber's baby.
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I just finished watching baby reindeer and it’s making me really think about my past and how a relationship I had affected me. I’m not sure how to think. I know what happened was bad but I just can’t find peace with my self. I find myself thinking about it even if it has nothing to do with what’s happening, or I think about it every time I am with my new partner.
About three years ago I was at a friends house(I’m just gonna call her Lee ) and she wanted to play a video game with this guy (I’m gonna call him dj)she was friends with. Long story short I ended up being the one playing the game with him and we ended up getting each others snaps. Eventually he asked me to come over his house to watch a sports game with all his friends. Immediately all of his friends were getting me to sit by him and all that. I’m not sure if it was that night I stayed the night at his house or if it was the next time I went over. My memories of what happened are all over the place and I sometimes can’t think of the order of when things happened. But either that night or the next time I went over I spent the night with him in the trailer that he had at his house and that’s when it all started. I remember him laying beside me with his arms around me, and how he slowly tried to put his hands down my pants. I grabbed his hand and put it back around my stomach. I can’t remember anything else from that night. Just that he did that I don’t know if he did it again or not or if I just fell asleep after that.
I can’t remember when we started dating officially but the next thing from my memories is when we were on his couch watching white chicks the movie laying the same way we did in the trailer. Once again he attempted to put his hand in my pants and I grabbed him and again and moved him. He tried again. This time I said no and grabbed him and moved him again. I can’t remember what happened for the next couple of days or weeks. All I remember next was having a breakdown in the kitchen of lee’s house. I can’t remember what I told her exactly or if I did tell her anything. But I do know that I texted one of me and dj’s mutual friends (I’m gonna call him drew)and I told him that I was uncomfortable and that I was really stressed and didn’t know what to do. He told me that he would talk to dj about it. Apparently drew told some more of djs friends about what I said and they all told him to stop.(that’s what they told me atleast.) Dj texted me and asked me about it and I was honest about it and told him that I wasn’t comfortable with the things he was doing. After all I was only 12 and he was two years older than me almost 3.
Not long after I remembered being in Djs basement in his room with some friends. He kept taking my phone and running out into the hallway. I would get my phone back from him and go back into the room with everyone else cause part of me knew what he was trying to do. Probably about the third time he did it I followed him out into the hallway and around the corner, this time though he grabbed me and pushed me against the wall and tried to kiss me. I got pissed off and pushed him away. I grabbed my phone and went back with everyone else.
What happened next is what made everything go to shit and what I think messed with my head. It was just like any other night I had my friend (who I’m gonna call Selena) with me because she liked djs sister (who I’m gonna call dolly) and we were all gonna have a sleepover. We were all on the couch and I was laying with dj and eventually I was half asleep and if anyone asked if I was awake I just ignored them. Someone had put a blanket over us and then everyone else had gone down in the basement except for me and dj. I think I fell asleep but woke up later on but he didn’t know that I was awake. I had my hand on his chest and he grabbed it and slowly pushed it down his stomach. I don’t know why I didn’t just stop him or why I didn’t say anything. I just froze. He struggled to put my hand down his pants without trying to wake me so if I moved at all he would also stop moving then would wait a second before making me put my hand further down.
After a while I moved my hand back up onto his stomach and pretended to wake up. I didn’t know what to do I just got up and went to Selena down in the basement I had told her particularly of what happened and told her check on me and dj in a couple of minutes. I think part of me wanted to have him caught in the act or I wanted to see if he did it on purpose so I thought it was a good idea to go back ups stairs with dj. I pretended to fall asleep again and was laying the same way I was before with the blanket over us. A couple of minutes goes by and he checks if I’m awake but I didn’t move or say anything. He grabs my hand again and does the same as before. I hear Selena and dolly coming up the stairs dj starts pretending that he’s asleep as well so Selena and dolly start making a bunch of noise to wake us up. They pulled the blankets off of us and see him grabbing my hand and forcing it down his pants. Selena starts freaking out at dj and even hits him he pretends to wake up and so do I. he lets go of my hand and I get up. I just stood there and watched him get yelled at by Selena. Everyone in the house was just staring at them at that point and there was even a video of her screaming at him.
I go to the bath room and just look at myself and wash my hands. i come back out and sit on the couch and we all just sit in silence. After hours, it was basically morning and I just got up and said I needed some air and and asked Selena to come with me some of our other friends came with us and dj stayed at the house. We walked around the block less then two times in silence before dj and his dad drove by us in his truck. We all got in didn’t say anything for the ride home. Everybody was going inside, but djs dad stopped me and asked what happened. I didn’t know what to say so I just said I don’t know. We all sat down, looking at a box of donuts That DJs dad had got us. He asked us questions and eventually just said not to say anything because him and dj had the same name and they would think it was him that did something. I remember him ranting to us about how when he was younger a girl had told everybody that he raped her and it ruined his life. Even though it wasn’t even close to the same situation that we were in.
Not long after that, my mom had came and picked me up. I didn’t say a word on the way home and I never told her what happened. I just went to my bed and slept for the day later that night. I had another breakdown but this time I didn’t text anyone I can’t remember if anybody said anything to me after what happened, but I remember going to djs house not long after again. I don’t know why I went even after what had happened. I knew it was bad, but I went anyway don’t remember anything happening I just remember watching movies and eventually going to sleep. I think the next day I texted Drew again. I told him everything that happened and he told me that enough was enough and that I had to tell someone and I needed to break up with dj. I told him I wasn’t gonna tell anybody because I didn’t wanna deal with it anymore and I just wanted to forget about it, but I said I was gonna break up with him that night and I did. We didn’t have a super long conversation.he asked me if it was about what happened and I can’t remember what I said to that.
Probably about a week later,I went back to my friend lee’s house after telling her me and dj broke up I can’t remember if I told her what happened, but without telling me, she invited DJ over. I tried to not make it awkward and just acted like nothing had happened and because I don’t think I realized how bad everything was, and because I was uncomfortable. Eventually, he left and walked home since he only lived down the street from Lee.
I remember always getting sent photos of Lee and my other friend in djs trailer with him. I just remember is how mad I was. I’m not sure how long after this happened but one of my other friends that I had told what happened to was also hanging out with DJ and a ton of other people and she had told DJ that I said he raped me when I never told her that so he was texting me flipping out and I told him that I had never said that and eventually blocked him. I didn’t even say anything to the girl I just left it alone because I didn’t wanna deal with it anymore. I only talked to DJ a couple of times after that and they were mostly on a group call app. I remember in one of the calls that djs sister called me a whore even though I had never done anything to her. I had people come up to me and asked me if what happened was true even to this day.
I try to avoid him now because so many people have told me how fucked up what happened is, and because I have realized how fucked up what happened is. But I feel like I could’ve done so much more to stop it. Part of me feels like that I let it happen. So now I just have an overwhelming feeling of guilt and shame. I don’t know if it’s because the last boyfriend I had also fucked me over but in a different way, but I just have this weird feeling in my current relationship. He is a Great guy and would never do anything to hurt me and showed me that multiple times but every time we do something sexual with each other, I have this weird feeling in my stomach that I am doing is wrong. And I feel bad if I tell him to stop, even though he has no problem with it at all. But every time I do something sexual with someone, I just think back to what happened, and that is the main point of why I am posting this. I just need to hear what some else thinks that I don’t know because it is to hard to explain in words what I am feeling and I am still struggling to find the words while typing this. I am over thinking everything. Was I dramatic about what happened and it wasn’t even that bad? I am the one that did something wrong? My head feels just fucked up.

So me (23F) and my friend Selena (23F) have been best friends since 1st grade in a small town. Our friend group of 6 girls have been very close except for me when I switched high schools my senior year. I changed high schools because one of the other girls, Anna, began to nonstop bully and belittle me to make herself look better. I won’t go in to too much detail, but she was a compulsive liar I realized and said that my mom getting married and moving to an area only 15 minutes away was my fault and a mistake, and I would be nothing without her. That’s what started a huge fight between me and Anna that got so bad I couldn’t be near her, especially when she told the whole town that my dad deserved to be murdered 2 months prior (my parents were long divorced but good friends). I went back to school and saw Selena and our other friends again and gave a run-down of what happened with full proof in screenshots of text messages of how bad I was treated, and they said they took my side and would also cut her off, especially because they knew I was already dealing with being bullied by a few people just for being gay in a small southern town. I had mostly moved on, changing schools that month and going to college, but how I was treated still does affect me. Me and Selena still remained very close, and she got engaged to my cousin which I was really happy about. Now that we’re all done with college, their wedding planning was starting to go through and everyone in our friend group, her parents and sister, and my family assumed it would automatically be me for Maid of Honor. I did want to remain unassuming as possible because it could be her sister or someone else, but I started saving up money regardless just in case. I was the first person she told she got engaged, I manage a very high-end clothing store and she sent me color ideas or dress fits for my approval and no one else’s, so it felt more and more like I would be MOH. Weeks start passing, and one of our other friends called me to tell me I was not going to be the maid of honor, which is perfectly fine since it’s not my day. I asked what she knew, and she sent me the invite list. Turns out, Anna is the MOH since apparently Selena never actually cut her off years ago, lying to me just like Anna did over and over. Everyone in our family including the groom and our friends knew exactly what had happened to me in high school and couldn’t believe it. But I can try to suck it up and overlook it since it’s not my day. And then I saw I’m not even in the wedding. Looking even further into the guest list, I saw all the friends she invited outside of our group was all the people that bullied me, one of which who stabbed me twice in the arm for being a lesbian, and another who ripped out my hair and gave me a black eye on the athletic track. It felt like a slap in the face that the people I never wanted to see again because of the trauma and pain each of them caused were all going to be in the same place, and from Selena’s choosing. And Selena doesn’t know I saw the list, even with the wedding now being in 2 weeks. In the past few months the only text or messages she sent me were asking for wedding presents (I wasn’t invited to the bridal shower but my cousin thought I was, and I didn’t want to correct him). The bachelorette trip and the shower were extremely hostile since our friend group also felt betrayed by her choice and I told all of them to drop it because it’s again not my day. By now I’m at my limit, and I know that in the past few years since I had been around any of these monsters I had a major glow up and do modeling now for a few companies, as one of the things they all started to mess with me about originally was that I was not pretty in the slightest until basically after I left schools. I wanted to be a bit petty and wear a stunning dress that makes people gawk because if I have to attend my own personal hell then I want to be the best dressed, the nicest, the tallest, and the most well-off. I’m not a mean person and I try to never be, but for this I feel I can’t help it. I want to walk through hell with a razor sharp smile on my face but since I still do like Selena and it’s also my cousin who I adore I can’t help but think I’m such an asshole for trying to crash a wedding

My boys my bobs. it is time for the next chapter. though this in nothing like her mannalig, i hope you all enjoy the romance to it. Martinez has to decide how he will deal with Kyroll. turn him into the cops etc.
Lets get some Loaf.
The drive out of the woods to Selena's hospital was absolute hell. Once Martinez and Kyroll had come down from their adrenaline highs, reality slammed into them like a sledgehammer.
In an instant, both went from alert and ready for a fight to absolutely exhausted and fading in and out of consciousness.
Luckily, both men had medical training and experience in high-stress environments and understood very well what they had to do in their predicament. Each had to ensure the other stayed calm and did not fall into shock.
To do this, they followed one of the basic tenets of medical treatment and first aid: keeping the patient talking.
Both understood that the conversation subjects did not matter. What mattered was that they kept communicating, keeping their minds occupied, and keeping themselves from drifting away into the darkness.
They started with prominent subjects, their military careers, aspirations, and family lives, but that could only last for so long. As the blood flowed, more arduous topics were no longer available to their cognitive abilities, so they changed to telling corny jokes and funny stories to one another.
Each lacked context to fully understand what the other was joking about or what some puns were; they had lost so much blood and were concussed so horrendously that they were more incoherently babbling to one another than properly delivering punch lines.
By the time Martinez had parked the truck and assisted Kyroll in limping through the emergency room doors, neither was speaking; just staying conscious took their entire holistic Focus.
It was as if a wave of safety and serenity crashed into them and forced them to their knees. The second the nurse Manning at the desk realized they were there, all their fights ended.
Later, Martinez and Kyroll learned that the little Prinoral manning the desk screamed bloody murder and fainted when they stumbled up and looked like they died on the floor. From her point of view, two corpses had stumbled in and fallen upon her desk, muttering that they needed help.
The rest of the night and the following morning were a blur, filled with fading glimpses of nurses, doctors, X-rays, injections, and a million other treatments.
Both had to be rushed into emergency surgery for their injuries. Martinez’s ulna and radial looked like they had been sent through a wooden chipper, his forearm having swollen to the size of a balloon by the time he had made it into the OR.
Kyroll was in no better shape; if anything, he was far worse. That he was suffering from massive hemorrhaging was in no way a surprise; between his punctured lung and an open fracture, he was lucky to have survived as long as he had.
Given a few more minutes and, the outcome of his survival very well could have changed for the worse.
Luckily, the gu's medical prowess and Celna's incredible familiarity with injured Aveix equipped them to keep the Kyroll’s heart beating and the lungs filling with life-sustaining fluids throughout his struggles—at least once they drained all the blood from his lung.
Both were expected to make a full recovery; they would just be stuck wearing casts for a few weeks and were prescribed a potent cocktail of painkillers, muscle relaxers, and nanite capsules.
Those nanite capsules were the blessing that ensured they would make full recoveries, taking the recovery and rehab time down from months to weeks, down to days at most.
Unlike old human medicine, neither would require pins and bolts external framing to hold their bones together.
But like all things in the medical field, the nanobots are a give and a take. Having one's body forcibly stitched together from the inside was not pleasant by any means; it was painful to the point where most passed out repeatedly, but because of their hardy constitutions, stubborn as mule personalities, and the cocktail of medications, they were forced to take they just needed bed rest for the next few days.
The following afternoon, they were both conscious, caught up on what had happened, and could be identified as more than just a pair of strange John Does who limped in in the darkness of night.
Once identified, their emergency contacts and the police were called.
Until told by a nurse, Martinez did not know who his emergency contacts were in the GU; as far as he knew, he didn't have any. Setting some up just never crossed his mind. If he did, he would have chosen Harnsis, the director, and maybe even Chloe. At least then, some solid minds could handle his affairs while in the hospital.
The GU thought similarly to him. Shiksie was his primary emergency contact, but no matter how much they attempted to reach her, she'd never answered. Martinez was worrisome to learn that his mentor, of all people, wasn't answering her phone.
Shiksie might not have made the best choices during their last interaction, but that didn't mean he didn't care for the woman; they were still friends, at least he hoped so. Had she abandoned him entirely? Or did something happen?
Harnsis, his secondary contact, did answer. The doctor was understanding and very professional about the situation and even made some recommendations to the doctors and clinicians here in Celma regarding Martinez's treatment and recovery plan.
It made sense that he did so in all but title. Harnsis, had more experience working on injured humans than anyone else on the planet save for Martinez himself—but while he was high on drugs was useless.
With all of that out of the way and a few more vacation days added to Martinez's leave to cover how long he would be in the hospital, Martinez was left alone in his hospital room, with nothing but the TV and the view of snow falling outside to keep him company.
For some reason, the sheriff decided that Martinez should not be allowed to use his datapad to contact Lyza or Nelya, insisting that he wished to speak to both Kyroll and the human before they were allowed any exterior communications.
Martinez knew how well that would go over Lyza. If she was on the warpath, it was bad enough, and if Nelya's past actions showed her cunning, open combat in the lobby was not out of the question.
No force from sentients or God could keep those two passionate women from what they wanted.
A short time later, just as Martinez started investing in trash daytime TV and the woes of the contestants on ‘Dating My Mate’s Mother, ' there was a knock on the door and an announcement of the sheriff's presence.
Martinez had to admit the sheriff was not what he had expected it would have been coming through that door, not because they were outlandish or anything along those lines but because of how average they seemed.
Sheriff Shalala, what's a brown Farun’se who's just starting to show their age through gray fur around his snout and ears along with dull, tired amber eyes. that coupled with his disheveled khaki uniform, completed a picture of a man who had been around the world twice and talked to everyone once.
"So, Mr. Martinez," Shalala said, briefly checking his datapad before looking back up towards the human prone in the bed. “I hear you had a horrible night."
"That's one way of putting it," Martinez replied, watching as the sheriff closed the door and moved to a seat near the bedside.
Shalala lowered himself into the chair, grumbling as his joints cracked and popped, evidence of his where and age. " So the nurses can't tell me much about what happened. Would you care to come in and fill me In?"
"Can I ask why you want to know? It seems odd that the police are investigating us," Martinez questioned, hoping to get some information on whether or not he needed to seek a lawyer or just keep his mouth shut while in the presence of this officer.
Now, Martinez was not the most versed in legal-eez, but knew if one was being investigated as a criminal, you should shut up and let lawyers do the talking.
Shalala snorted like he was cutting off a laugh and smirked at Martinez, his radar dish-like ears flittering while his tail swayed quickly back and forth. "Usually, you're right, but bear in mind this is a big but; we had two John Doe show up half dead. One was a class red, while the other is," Shalala explained while pointing a pen at Martinez. “Is a classification black, and what are the newest members of the Galactic Union? So this situation is a bit out of the ordinary, to put it lightly," he finished while twirling his pain in the air as if to enunciate the strangeness of the e event.
"Sir, that really didn't answer my question. Why are you looking into this?" Martinez repeated quickly, picking up on the non-answer that the sheriff attempted to force down his throat.
The officer's ears drooped as he was perturbed by Martinez's asking the question at all. His eyes narrowed as he scanned every detail of Martinez, plucking apart each twitch breath and bead of sweat on the human.
That was curious. Was that just a trait of the Farun' se species? Shiksie would do the same when questioned or asked something that made her truly have to think.
"Because this would not be the first time a hunting accident was just a targeted attack on a red species—the Aviex especially," the sheriff said, almost sounding ashamed that anything had occurred in the past.” So I just wish to assure that it is genuinely what this was."
Martinez clenched his entire body as his heart rate spiked; thank God it wasn't on a monitor; otherwise, the sheriff would have to read him like a book.
What should he tell the sheriff? That Kyrollwas going to try to kill him after drugging and leaving him out in the woods? That girlfriend's father had illicit drugs and bait to lure in the Milurt? Or that Kyroll’s friend was complicit in this?
An odd feeling conflicted Martinez, as if two animals were attempting to reach the throat of one another inside his mind.
The Marines, Navy, and Society at Large would undoubtedly say to turn Kyroll in under the pretense that he was an unhinged man ready to commit murder. But Martinez was unsure; they had fought together at this point. Combat was a galvanizing experience that left one's true nature to bear—Kyroll did not seem horrible at this point.
Simultaneously, images of Nelya wailing as her family is ripped apart wracked his mind. Could he condemn Nelya to living poorly? And take away the man she loved, his flaws withstanding? Along with the reality that he and Lysa made so much effort to connect to Kyroll, their relationship was the entire reason they were in Celna, after all.
Analyzing the sheriff, Martinez tried to gauge if the man already knew anything, trying to determine if you could tell if Martinez started to blow smoke up his ass; but that was a futile effort; this old Farun’se sitting across from him was about as easy to read as a brick wall.
With no way to tell whether the choice was sound, but deep in his heart, knowing it was correct, Martinez bent one of his core values to the point where it was mere moments from snapping by omitting the details of the truth.
Over the next hour, Martinez meticulously selected details of his relationship with Kyroll Nelya and Lyza and why he and the old Aviex were alone in the woods.
The sheriff made no indication of spotting falsities, simply nodding and asking for periodic clarifications, mainly cultural o,nes such as what ruh’ah and gru’ ha meant, along with asking him to repeat some of the events that led up to the hunting trip.
Then came Martinez's forged lies. He was not one to lie, and when it was, they were small white ones that meant nothing. Because of this, keeping a story straight when the sheriff kept digging into him like he was in search of gold was not easy.
He must have done a satisfactory job, as the only thing Shalala asked was clarification on how they got away, clearly not believing that Martinez had carried the Kyroll while the older man provided covering fire.
"So, are you certain that's all that happened?" Shalala questioned, tapping his stylist on his data pad.
"Yes, sir," Martinez nodded, unsure about the intense glare the officer was giving him.
"You're certain you left nothing out?" Shalala half hissed, leaning in.
"Positive," Martinez nodded.
Shilala’s nostrils flared, taking in the sense that the human was giving off, which only made Martinez more nervous. Shiksie could smell anything on him, even if it was days later that roused the question.
What could this Sheriff pick up on?
Leaning back and tucking away his datapad, Shalala pulled out a second one and tossed it onto the table next to Martinez. " all right, this is yours: don't worry, it's untouched. I didn't have a warrant to go through it. I just wanted to ensure I had both your stories before letting you have this back." The sheriff finished with the slightest smirk
"Is is that legal?" Martinez halfway croaked, pulling back the data pad.
"What, holding onto your property for the sake of what I was doing? Yes, that was legal. You're under investigation and technically detainment. I just didn't feel like putting cuffs on you," Shalala shrugged before standing and heading towards the door.
Before the older man reached the portal, he turned back around and glanced at Martinez. "If you do remember anything else, give me a call."
Martinez nodded as the officer exited and closed the door.
Before Martinez’s heart had managed to calm down, he had opened his datapad, wishing to see if what the officer said was true. Not that he would be able to tell anything that was tampered with—still, there were plenty of nude pictures of Lysa he would rather not have on public record.
Instead of assured knowledge of tampering, he was met with an Unholy amount of notifications.
Most were from Lyza and Nelya, asking if he was all right and requesting an explanation of why neither was on the emergency contact list; the doctors and nurses wouldn't let him see them.
Both used rather flowery verbiage to explain their gripes about not being someone he trusted. Martinez could explain Nelya—as wondrous as she was, he hardly knew her. Lysa, however, could not explain, especially from an Aviex point of view, where sleeping with someone means you love them and want kids.
He made a mental note to ask the nurse to let them see him. Interacting with those two bubbly souls would make him feel immensely better. They were the best women in his life, after all. The other notification was more unsettling.
Why did Chloe message him?
Tapping on the message, Martinez's throat dried, and his heart sank.
Chloe: Hello there, Henry. I heard you were injured. I hope you get well soon. Oh, and whenever you do be back in town, let's get lunch. I'm so tired of you being such a stranger.
The thought of how Chloe would pour those venomous words made Martinez nearly gag.
If Martinez could avoid that vile woman until the day he died, he would be rapturous, but clearly, she was keeping tabs on him. How was something he couldn't even grasp, mainly because he had only been in the hospital for less than half a day? But she knew where he was.
Hoping it was just Cloe being a bit neurotic, Martinez choked it up to the fact that how Chloe was the truest definition of a spook he had ever met; Martinez did not want to reply and push the issue, deciding ignorance was bliss.
After reconciling Chloe’s message, Martinez hailed a nurse and requested whenever Nelya or Lysa came by to let them in, wanting the best woman in his life to visit him.
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x(I'm using this screen mirroring method to mirror many of the games I'm playing to my living room TV: https://old.reddit.com/OdinHandheld/comments/18m0smx/tutorial_odin_2_how_to_set_up_wireless_video/
Its not the default one, simply because I have no Chromecast capable device under my TV, so if you do and have, try both to see which one gives you lower input lag (and maybe higher image quality. :) ))
After the recent finding (https://old.reddit.com/OdinHandheld/comments/1cb02xs/winlator_final_fantasy_7_og_with_mods/), that the normal 2x filter (not shader), and up to 2x resolution scale works well in terms of latency reduction for mirroring (probably because the CPU has to clock a little higher) - here are some further tips.
In retroarch and quickmenu>latency

• hard gpu sync and
• polling behavior Early gives a decent input latency reduction (leave automatic frame delay off)
• Vsync needs to be turned off also

If an emulator supports it Run ahead (https://forums.libretro.com/t/runahead-vs-preemptive-frames/43130) usually gives you the biggest reduction in latency. Essentially find a menu in game that changes something "blocky" on screen, set it to 10 or so, get back into the game, move the cursor in the menu, if you see artefacting, reduce the number of runahead frames. Repeat until you see no artefacting anymore. (Run-Ahead is mostly viable for 2D games, because it is quite cpu intensive.)
Then finally:
In Settings/Odin settings, see if you can reduce your joysticks dead zone to 5 (the lowest possible one), without getting ghost imputs, if you can this will also reduce input latency by a bit.
Also, read the final fantasy posting linked above, if you dont know how to zoom games to any zoom level (to remove black bars), without cutting off the sides of the games image in retroarch yet. (Thats possible using a combination of integer scale overscale and the image adjustment shader.)
Have fun!
For me everything "non action adventure" is now very playable using screen and audio mirroring to my main living room TV.
Tested games were: Policenauts (Saturn), Phoenix Wright (NDS), Famicom Tantei Club Part II (SNES), but also Final Fantasy VII (PSX).
Other (non retroarch systems) that work well:

• Yuzu (The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles and Another Code: Recollection tested)
• AetherSX2 (Broken Sword 3 and Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 tested)(AetherSX2 needs you to disable vsync (set 0 or 1 frame (lowest setting for the frame buffer) to reduce latency to a usable level, also only 2x resolution scale tested)
• Flycast (Shenmue tested, see: https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast/issues/1471)
• Ship Of Harkinian (Zelda OOT Port)
• Scummvm (Blade Runner tested)

And so on and so forth.
All the listed games on my setup (with about 120ms of lag) work very well now.
Odin 2 needs to be set to performance mode for many of the menioned systems, but not all of them (Normal is fine for some).
All mentioned games are very playable while mirroring. Some of them because of the intricacies of the player character animations. :) So in Shenmue Ryo controls like a truck, so higher input latency works very well :) On SoH the initial game ran only at 22 fps, so the animation cycles are designed around higher input latency as well, so those games work well. Other, more action focused games for the most part dont. :)
Have fun.
edit: Oh, one more thing! On almost all my 2D games I use the omniscale shader on top of other shaders, and on top of the 2x Normal video filter I use. For games on Saturn or later I use the filter at its default Scale 1x the shader defaults to, for games older than Saturn I usually use Scale 2x. (You can change that in the shader menu, next to the shader (there is shader, filter, and scale as options there)).
Omniscale is not the best shader in retroarch for 2D art, probably scalefx is, but omniscale is close in quality whith much lower CPU overhead.

I'm putting this together to contexutalise the album for anyone confused or wondering what it addresses and what it all mean.
Song Subject Matter:

• Matty: Tortured Poets, Down Bad, But Daddy, Fresh Out The Slammer, Florida, Guilty As Sin, I Can Fix Him, Smallest Man, The Black Dog
• Joe: My Boy, So Long London
• Both: loml, getyouback, Chloe and friends, How Did It End?, Peter, I Can Do It, Fortnight
• TK: The Alchemy, So High School, The Albatross (IMO)
• General: The Prophecy, The Manuscript, I Hate It Here
• Fame: But Daddy, Who's Afraid, I Can Do It, Clara Bow, The Albatross, How Did It End, I Hate It Here, Thank You Aimee, I Look In People's Windows, The Prophecy, Cassandra, The Manuscript
• I could almost put I Hate It Here in every category.

FIRST:
*** Read Taylor's prologue and Stevie Nick's poem here, both very telling (Basically maps out her two breakups very clearly, especially the phrase "Out of the oven and into the microwave") ***
Shoutout to this 2014-2024 timeline, recommend reading it first.
Let's Begin:
2014: Taylor and Matty meet when Taylor attends numerous 1975 concerts. By November, Matty is dedicating songs to her and dating rumours are flying. Then it seems to end as quickly as it began, Matty's tone shifts and he denies the dating rumours. IMO the title track of Tortured Poets Department is based around this period of time or wanting to evoke how this time felt.
2015: Taylor and Matty attend the Brit Awards, the same night Taylor meets Calvin Harris. Could this be what Question is referring to? ("Did you realise, out of time, she was on your mind with some dickhead guy that you saw that night, but you were on something..."). Throughout 2015, whenever Matty is asked to comment on Taylor he says some variation of "nothing really happened/I found her fame intimidating".
2016: Matty makes his infamous "emasculating" comment (and is still intimidated by her fame): "[I would fear losing myself in a relationship], absolutely. If I had gone out with Taylor Swift I would’ve been...f-cking hell! I am NOT being Taylor Swift’s boyfriend. You know FUCK THAT. That’s also a man thing, a de-masculinating, emasculating thing.” The interviewer clarified she didn't feel he was being sexist, but making a broader point about being primarily known for dating someone (more) famous, rather than your own art. I wonder now if the Question lyric "Politics and gender roles, you're not sure and I don't know" is referencing this, too.
2019: In August, Lover is released and, amongst the numerous love songs about Joe, there is a thread of anxiety and frequent fighting throughout the album. The Lover video depicts her partner possibly flirting with another woman. Taylor says the chorus of Lover comes from a place of fear about losing someone. Cornelia Street expresses similar. False God talks about using intimacy to repair big fights. Taylor reveals she had nightmares after watching the film Someone Great, about a 9 year relationship that ends when the man falls out of love (as well as stress caused by the woman's career). Taylor writes Death By A Thousand Cuts based on this.
2020: In Miss Americana documentary, Taylor says she is not ready for marriage/kids yet (filmed in 2018-2019). Taylor and Joe cross paths with Matty at the NME Awards in Feb. In April, Taylor starts Folklore with Aaron, invents the 'fictional' love triangle, encourages Joe to write with her, and The 1 and Hoax are written last minute, meaning Cardigan and Peace were the original start/finish. During the folklore long pond sessions, Taylor confirms Peace is about anxiety surrounding Joe and her fame. She confirms Hoax is partially about Joe, too. In December, after Evermore, she mentions being obsessed with divorce stories. IMO I Hate It Here links to her mindset during this period of time (pandemic yes, but TTPD-album also links imagination and fantasy to feeling trapped in an increasingly difficult relationship)
2021: In March, Taylor records the 3AM Midnights songs with Aaron. This might prove High Infidelity can't be about Matty, as some theorised. 29 April 2020 was the first lockdown. 2019 seemed like a happy year for her and Joe (Me! was released April 2019). We see in Miss Americana they were good during Rep Tour (May-Nov 2018). Mid 2021, Taylor and Joe live in Dublin/Croatia while he films Conversations with Friends, and she re-records Red TV. In July, Renegade is released ("Is your anxiety stopping you from giving me everything, or do you just not want to?"). In November, Red TV releases to huge popularity. Joe lands a role last minute and has to fly out within days, so he misses Red TV release week. Taylor later confirms she began writing Midnights with Jack during this time. Taylor flies to Joe for a couple days in the middle of Red TV promo. She records You're Losing Me on December 5. Also this year, The 1975 are working with Jack and work with Taylor for Midnights (can't find specific dates, just Matty confirming they worked on music that wasn't used)
2022: Engagement rumors are not denied by Joe or Taylor's teams in January. In spring, Midnights is completed. Taylor has said she immediately began writing for what would become Tortured Poets. In May, Conversations with Friends premieres and ultimately underperforms. An August Pitchfork interview with Matty mentions Taylor: "Swift, who got an early listen to the [new] record, summed it up in three words: “It’s so funny.” I also found this ick quote from Matty: “Because I’m in therapy a lot, this is one of my new things: watch out for gaslighting. I didn’t know that was a thing. Now I have a way of being aware of when I’m manipulative. Sometimes I’ll do it and I’ll go, ‘Hold on, I’m doing the thing and I know what that is and I’m sorry.’ It’s growing up.” Midnights is released in October, and we're introduced to Question...?, which samples Out Of The Woods. Now I wonder if this was a Harry red herring (a red harrying), when really it was a way to reference 2014, when the song was recorded and the year she first 'dated' Matty. There's also Maroon, which no one can fully agree who it's about, and is later referenced in Chloe/Sam/Sophia/Marcus. In December, Taylor's in New Orleans with Joe and Jack. Tortured Poets album credits confirm Fresh Out The Slammer was partially recorded here, so that confirms her state of mind about Joe and Matty at this time ("I know who my first call will be to, it's gonna be alright, I did my time")
2023: Taylor performs at The 1975's concert on January 12. Fans report Question is on their pre-show playlist. Joe is at Taylor's Grammys afterparty on February 4. Eras Tour begins March 17, and The 1975's song About You is on the pre-show playlist. Joe is overseas filming. March 28 is their approx split date . On April 1, Taylor swaps Invisible String for The 1. April 8, the split is public, reportedly happened a few weeks prior. On May 5th, Taylor mouths "This is about you, you know who you are, I love you" during Cardigan, as did Matty a few days earlier. Matty joins Taylor from 5 - 26 May. May 17, the fan backlash against Matty peaks. Some swifties post an “open letter” to Taylor about Matty. May 20, she performs Question and says “I'm the happiest I've ever been". May 24, she records Florida!!! with Florence, and Matty is there too. May 26, You're Losing Me is first released to CD only. So, the first time fans get context for her split from Joe. May 26 is also when Matty likely left to return to The 1975's tour. May 29, a Matty feature article mentions everyone close to Taylor and Matty are saying “this time, its real”. May 31, Taylor is recording Fresh Out The Slammer again. June 3, Taylor is visibly sad during surprise song I Don't Wanna Live Forever ("wondering if I dodged a bullet or just lost the love of my life"). June 5, Taylor and Matty's split is confirmed. June 5-6, Zach Sang says in an interview that he heard through Selena and Taylor's social circle that "Taylor was talking about Matty like he was the one". June 29, Taylor records Down Bad. July 1, Taylor covers ‘I miss you I’m sorry’. July 26, Travis talks about his friendship bracelet attempt a few weeks prior. Mid August, fans/public swarm Jack's wedding rehearsal. Based on their comments since, Taylor and Travis start dating around this time. September 5, Taylor stories a Griff song called Vertigo, the lyrics are an obvious aim at Matty. September 25, Taylor and Travis hard launch when Taylor attends his football match. In October, 1989 TV is released and fans discover Slut! was supposed to feature The 1975. November 29, You're Losing Me is widely released. November 30, Tree blasts DeuxMoi for continually pushing marriage/other inappropriate rumors regarding Joe. A day later, Taylor likes a tweet implying Sweet Nothing was referencing Paul McCartney and his wife.
2024: Tortured Poets announced February 4, Taylor begins mashing surprise songs together from February 17, TTPD is released April 19. Everyone is surprised when the album is not a takedown of Joe, but mostly Matty. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived claims Matty ghosted Taylor once he went back on tour ("You tried to buy some pills from a friend of a friend of mine, they just ghosted you. Now you know what it feels like" / "I just want to know if rusting my sparkling summer was the goal?"). Down Bad also supports this. Taylor mentions "love bombing" repeatedly in the lead-up to the album release.
Safe Assumptions:
• The songs about Travis can only be written between August 2023 – April 2024. The Alchemy seems to reference the Super Bowl so perhaps early February? So High School mentions “Get my car door, isn’t that sweet?”, perhaps referencing their date on 16 October 2023 where everyone fawned over him doing that.
• Fortnight, I Can Fix Him, loml, I Can Do It, The Smallest Man, getyouback are all negative toward Matty so they can only be June 2023 onward.
• October 21, 2023 – Post Malone stated he’d recently been with Taylor and mentions Travis too, so they either wrote/recorded Fortnight or filmed the video in early-mid October.
• Is Cardigan about Matty? It has the PeteWendy reference (continued in Peter), mentions smoke like many Matty songs do, "I knew you'd haunt all of my what ifs", and was written a few months after they saw each other again at that awards show. What would this mean for the love triangle story? Some other songs that have me wondering now are Illicit Affairs, Maroon and Ivy. Even Out of The Woods...maybe she's blended muses together this whole time.
* Guilty As Sin and Fresh Out The Slammer basically confirm Matty and Taylor were talking pretty...intensely prior to her split from Joe, and he perhaps "lured" her out of her relationship even though it was already dying (or maybe because it was, and he saw his chance).
Other:
• Was But Daddy I Love Him written before or after Matty left? Maybe both? I'm leaning toward after because she'd need time to react to/process the fan backlash. I think the final verse isn't referencing Travis, it's her deluded fantasy for everyone coming around to Matty.
* “You saw my bones out with someone new” - could this reference 2015 when Matty saw Taylor with Calvin at the Brit Awards? Calvin also looks like someone who could bully Matty lol.
• Chats and Reacts made a pretty convincing connection between Guilty As Sin and Labyrinth. Labyrinth mentions "falling in love again" and Guilty mentions falling back into the "hedge maze"...the "labyrinth of my mind"? Labyrinth is another song that confused most people and we couldn't really place it/what it was referring to.
Song meanings:
• Fortnight thru I Can Fix Him is when Matty is still around (Fortnight literally referencing 2 weeks, though it was 3 ultimately). Fortnight addresss the frustration of becoming strangers to exes who move on. The video depicts her as allowed to work/be free if she takes the "forget him" pill, then she writes alongside "Matty" ("our tragic tortured hero") until they create a story for themselves, but it doesn't last. I think the telephone box scene represents them communicating prior to her breakup ("Move to Florida, buy the car you want but it won't start up til I touch touch touch you" aka I can do all these things to escape but I won't actually be free until I have you)
• Tortured Poets: Basing it in 2014 would explain the Charlie Puth lyric, since he blew up in 2015.
• My Boy: Potentially Joe going from good to toxic, especially "You should've seen him/me when he first got me" aka when they first started dating it was so different to how they ended up. But there's elements of Matty too.
• Down Bad: Obviously being ghosted/dumped by Matty. Likened the love bombing and false promises to being abducted by aliens, enjoying it, then being sent "back to Earth" (reality).
• So Long London: It might've been written late 2023 because "You say I abandoned the ship" implies they talked about their break up at a later point. There's also a tone of acceptance or grace in "Had a good run/You'll find someone" so it seems like some time has passed.
• But Daddy I Love Him: The "daddy" is a metaphor for the public judging/trying to control her dating life.
• Guilty As Sin: Mentions "him" sending her the song Downtown Lights, a song Matty loves and has covered.
• I Can Fix Him: The illusion/fantasy ends here. The lyrics acknowledge Matty is gross/problematic. She has a rude awakening that he will not change for her.
• I Can Do It: Obviously about touring while coping with two breakups. I can see her writing this after seeing the Barbie film because it has a similar vibe lol
• The Alchemy: Beginning point of getting back on her feet again ("Back from the hospital, worst sleep of my life")
• getyouback: The "bike" and "house" lyrics reference a 1975 song.
* Side 2 deals frequently with the pitfalls of fame and the damage done to her life, relationships and wellbeing as a result. There's also themes of youth, growing up too slow (Peter) or too fast (The Manuscript) and some leftover feelings about 2016/the Kardashians. Perhaps because she's been re-recording Reputation? I can imagine The Prophecy was written sometime around June/July because I cannot imagine dealing with two breakups while the world worships you/your career.
IMO the theme of putting herself on trial/showing evidence is a symbolic response to the Matty backlash. The theme of "This chapter is now closed" is to say "Here's the warts and all story, everything that happened and that I ever felt in those two awful years, do your worst, I'm now done with it all".

taken from this tumblr post; https://spicysighs.tumblr.com/post/718136492512493568/matty-healy-taylor-swift-timeline
Matty Healy + Taylor Swift Timeline 11/7/13: Matty talking about Taylor liking the band and being asked to tour with her.
1/21/14: Matty talking about Taylor liking the band. xx
3/31/14: Matty talks about being asked to tour with Taylor and turning it down. "That was cool. It’s like, ‘We can’t, but that is really nice, thank you very much.”
11/4/14: Matty is pictured wearing a deluxe 1989 album cover tee at his concert in Milwaukee.
11/8/14: Taylor reblogs the picture on tumblr and says they are her favorite band.
11/9/14: Taylor likes these two pictures of Matty wearing the 1989 t-shirt.
11/9/14: Taylor liked this gif-set of Matty talking about whether he’s a dog or cat person.
11/19/14: Selena Gomez, Taylor and other friends went to The 1975 show in LA. Video of them singing along to ‘The City.’
11/19/14: Taylor & Matty making a video for a fan. (Jamie’s daughter Kitty)
11/22/14: Matty follows Taylor on Twitter.
11/23/14: Taylor was pictured wearing a The 1975 band shirt.
11/23/14: Taylor likes these two posts of them wearing each others merch.
11/24/14: Matty dedicates ‘Robbers’ to Taylor. Supposedly he’s done this multiple times. xx
11/25/14: Taylor likes these Tumblr posts. And this picture of Matty.
11/26/14: Taylor likes this Tumblr post.
11/26/14: Matty likes Taylor’s post on Instagram.
11/26/14: Matty wearing the 1989 t-shirt again.
11/26/14: Matty talking about meeting Taylor “I met Taylor Swift, that was really nice.” and when asked about possibly dating “I mean bloody hell, what am I going to do? Go out with Taylor Swift? She’s a sensation, I wouldn’t say no.”
11/28/14: Taylor is rumored to have attended The 1975 show in Chattanooga, TN.
11/29/14: Taylor likes this Tumblr post.
11/29/14: Matty signed this Polaroid for a fan, and the fan talking about the interaction.
11/29/14: Matty says he can’t kiss a fan because he’s taken.
12/2/14: Matty’s mom retweets this.
12/2/14: Matty likes Taylor’s Instagram post.
12/3/14: Matty about Taylor “Well, she’s amazing. She’s an amazing role model. And not only is she an incredible songwriter, she’s an incredible pop songwriter, which I think is even harder. I can’t speak highly enough about Taylor Swift.”
12/4/14: Taylor, Martha, Karlie and others went to The 1975 show in NYC. Where Matty dedicated ‘fallingforyou’ to her. Rumored that Matty missed the after-party and spent the night with Taylor. xx
12/5/14: Taylor likes this Tumblr post about Matty singing ‘fallingforyou’ to her.
12/5/14: Matty’s tweet in response to articles about him and Taylor getting his name wrong.
12/6/14: Matty has a breakdown on stage in Boston, MA. In 2015 talking about the incident he says “There was girl stuff. There was family stuff. There was financial stuff. There was drug stuff.”
12/6/14: Matty talking about a fan saying “I love you” to him. “What did I say to the poor fucking girl? ‘You don’t have the right to love me. You don’t know me. I love you but you don’t get to love me.’ Jesus. Can you imagine your favorite band shouting that at you? What a dickhead. What a horrible thing to say to a kid who fucking does love me.”
12/9/14: Matty at a show in NY “I was sad the other day as someone told me they loved me. And I said ‘No, you don’t. Not really.’ And today I told someone I loved them. And they said ‘No, you don’t.’ And it fucking sucks to hear that. Especially when you mean it. Don’t do that to someone. Don’t do what I did.”
12/14/14: Matty posts this on Instagram.
12/30/14: Matty deletes this Instagram post.
1/16/15: Matty denies dating rumors. Admits they exchanged numbers but “That didn’t really happen as much as it’d be amazing for me if it did, unfortunately it didn’t.”
2/25/15: They hangout at the BRIT Awards afterparty. (This weekend is when she met Calvin and they started dating)
2015: Matty & Halsey date and breakup.
11/15/15: Matty talks about Taylor in an interview “The things that surround her are like Barack Obama. I fell for her a little bit, but everyone falls for Taylor Swift” “The day after she’d been to a show of ours, someone sent me a screenshot of E! News with the headline ‘Who is Matt Healy?’ That freaked me out. I’m not ready to indulge in that world and I’m not ready to be judged by that world.”
12/8/15: Matty talks about reaching out to Taylor to have her in his music video.
Sometime in 2015: Matty & Gabriella Brooks start dating.
2/1/16: Matty talking about Taylor “She was a fan of the band and we just became friends, and we related to each other over how mental our lives were. But when you’re with people like Taylor, there are a million people flying around you the whole time, and this security guard is talking to that guy, and this guy is the new manager. I didn’t like the pace of it, because it makes me confused and I feel like I’m going to miss something. And being perceptive is one of the abilities that I like to think that I have.“
3/17/16: Matt Healy has suggested that dating Taylor Swift would have been “emasculating” for him because of her huge global fame.
3/18/16: Journalist who interviewed him writes an op-ed saying his words were misconstrued and “I saw an intelligent and liberal man wrestling with our culture’s gender roles.”
3/19/16: He apologizes for said comments and calls Taylor “One of the most gracious, hard working, creatively gifted, and beautiful women that I have had the pleasure to meet.”
6/1/16: Taylor & Calvin Harris breakup.
6/15/16: Taylor starts dating Tom Hiddleston.
8/17/16: Matty says he has Taylor’s number but “she’s probably changed her number by now.” And jokes “I keep texting her.”
8/30/16: Matty talks about Taylor on the BBCR1’s Breakfast Show. They joke about Taylor doing jury duty.
9/6/16: Taylor & Tom Hiddleston breakup.
October 2016: Taylor & Joe Alwyn start dating.
10/27/16: Matty about Taylor in Rolling Stone “She came to our show, and you would have thought that Barack Obama had come out. I don’t know another person on the planet that would elicit that kind of reaction.”
11/11/16: Matty again denies he dated Taylor and says “She came to a show and we hung out. We fancied each other, but then we couldn’t have it go any further, because it would be like going out with Barack Obama.”
11/20/17: Podcast talking about Taylor & Matty.
12/3/18: Matty talking about his journal “It’s mainly stories that I write about my dreams of being in love with other popstars.”
12/4/18: Matty retweets a picture of Taylor.
8/28/19: Matty & Gabriella Brooks breakup.
9/23/19: Mentions wanting to produce an album for Taylor in an interview (at 13:48 & 32:00) “Taylor, if you ever want someone to help you set up the mics for your little acoustic record, just so you know, I’m there.”
9/23/19: Matty retweets and tags Taylor in a post quoting him saying he wants to produce an album for Taylor.
9/24/19: Matty tweets “Taylor Swift. With an acoustic guitar. Doing her ‘Nebraska’. Doing her ‘Blue’. Kill me.”
January 2020: Matty & FKA Twigs start dating.
2/12/20: Both attend the NME awards and hug. Beabadoobee (who Taylor is talking to in the video) about meeting Taylor that day “Taylor’s so ethereal, So badass, I was like ‘Holy shit!’ She was walking towards me and I’m like, ‘She’s going to Matty [The 1975] not me.’ And then she comes up to me and I’m like… I vomited in my mouth. I couldn’t believe it.”
2/20/20: Matty mentions seeing Taylor and wanting to work with her in an interview with Zane Lowe. “She was just stood behind me. I mean, I haven’t seen Taylor in years so it was actually a really nice room. But it, unfortunately, wasn’t the time for me to pitch my post-rock Joni Mitchell project.”
10/22/20: Deuxmoi posts these.
2021: Matty starts working with Jack Antonoff on The 1975′s upcoming album.
November 2021: Taylor and Jack Antonoff start working on “Midnights.”
6/7/22: Matty & FKA Twigs breakup.
8/9/22: Matty Healy shares Taylor Swift’s reaction to The 1975’s new album, with her saying “it’s so funny.”
9/3/22: Matty says there will be no collab on Midnights. “I would love that! But unfortunately FAKE NEWS :(”
10/7/22: Matty tweets “You guys actually thought Taylor Swift was gonna have me on her album”
10/11/22: Matty on working with Taylor “Oh we’re not. We’d love to. Love to work with Taylor Swift. Love Taylor Swift, think she’s one of the best songwriters, but yeah, no we haven’t done that. We’d love to though.”
10/11/22: The 1975 discuss covering ‘Lover’ for the BBC live lounge.
10/12/22: Matty briefly mentions Taylor in a Zane Lowe interview (45:53).
10/18/22: Matty briefly mentions Taylor in a podcast (1:22:40) when talking about who they would like to see on the podcast. Interestingly enough her name seems to be cut from the video version of the podcast.
10/23/22: Matty posted on his Instagram to stream Midnights.
10/26/22: Matty posted he was listening to ‘Hey Stephen TV’ on his Instagram story
11/27/22: Matty said he worked on Midnights with Taylor but their versions didn’t make the cut (4:52). “We actually worked a bit on that, but then the version of it never came out.” “It was for reasons not to be criticized.”
12/21/22: Matty said ‘Chocolate‘ reminds him of Taylor “Tumblr, Doc Martens, Taylor Swift, the 1975”
‘Question…?’ Played in The 1975 pre-show playlist. (Don’t have dates because it happened multiple times)
1/12/23: Matty & Taylor before The 1975 show.
1/12/23: Taylor does a surprise performance at The 1975 show in London. Deuxmoi later claims they stayed up until 4 am talking (later confirmed in his profile with The New Yorker.)
1/12/23: Matty “I’m not kissing anybody in front of Taylor Swift, have some respect. in front of the queen? not happening“
2/2/23: Matty briefly mentions Taylor and the Ticketmaster situation (38:06)
February: Allegedly spent several days at a Los Angeles recording studio together.
3/15/23: Matty seen with Ana Salazar.
3/17/23: First show of The Eras Tour
3/22/23: Puff-piece comes out stating Joe and Taylor are ‘great together’ and ‘super supportive of her career’ and will be travelling to her ‘when he can’.
‘About You’ plays at the same time as the Lover MV has been playing on The Eras Tour pre-show playlist. (Don’t have dates because it happened multiple times)
3/29/23: Matty’s ex says “Things were going well until around March 29th then, out of the blue, he stopped replying to my messages and calls.”
3/31/23: Taylor changes The Eras Tour setlist from ‘Invisible String’ to ‘The 1’
4/7/23: Matty follows Taylor on Instagram.
4/7/23: Matty likes Taylor’s Instagram post.
4/8/23: Matty’s birthday.
4/8/23: It’s announced Taylor and Joe have broken up.
4/8/23: Matty talking about love and how happy he is.
4/10/23: Matty deactivates his social media accounts.
4/10/23: Matty on why he deactivated “Everything happens in eras. The 1975 is a very eras band. And I think that the era of me being a fucking asshole is gonna come to an end.” and “I perform all the time and it’s my job and I love doing this, but I can’t perform off the stage any more as I just want to be a bloke.”
4/10/23: Matty says “Hey, I love you.” during ‘About You’.
4/10/23: Matty mouths “You know who you are.” and points during ‘About You’.
4/11/23: Matty “A call for something sincere and direct. That’s what we’re all looking for. That’s what I’m looking for. Maybe I’ve found it.. I’m feeling quite happy.”
4/13/23: Deuxmoi says she got a tip that Matty & Taylor are dating. (19:16)
4/14/23: Matty cheering during ‘Me & You Together.’
4/14/23: Matty “Romance is nice when it works, this next song worked.” ‘fallingforyou’ starts playing “Oh it’s a different song, this song did not work.”
4/14/23: Before ‘About You’ “Ok, this is the one that worked.”
4/14/23: Matty mouthing “I love you” during ‘About You’ and saying “Fuck yeah, I win!” after it ends.
4/16/23: Matty’s “Yeah you will!” during ‘Happiness’ after the line, “I’m never gonna love again.”
4/19/23: Matty says “It takes bit to get here but its worth it” and “true story” before playing ‘Me & You Together.’
4/21/23: Matty plays a cover of ‘The Best of Me’ by The Starting Line. Take note of the lyrics.
4/24/23: Matty spoke about how he sees people listening to ‘She’s American’ in three places: Manchester, Tokyo and Pennsylvania “that’s a whole other thing don’t worry about that.”
5/3/23: The Sun reports Matty and Taylor are dating and will go public with their romance at her shows in Nashville.
5/3/23: Matty introducing ‘Me and You Together song’, saying “I’ve got something real to tell you guys!”
5/3/23: Matty mouths “This is about you, you know who you are. I love you.” while playing ‘About You.’
5/3/23: Matty does a cover of ‘The Best of Me’ by The Starting Line again.
5/4/23: Matty introducing ‘Me and You Together song’, saying “So I’ve been trying to tell you guys” and “That’s right.”
5/4/23: Before playing ‘About You’ Matty mouths "This is why I’m happy. Who is it about? Who am I talking to?”
5/4/23: Matty is seen mouthing the words “I love you” before writing the letter T on the camera lens.
5/4/23: Matty saying “she sure is” before playing ‘She’s American.’
5/4/23: Matty flies from Manila to Nashville. (Which is around a 20hr flight)
5/5/23: Matty at Taylor’s concert. Nashville night 1.
5/5/23: Taylor mouths “This is about you, you know who you are. I love you.” during ‘cardigan.’
5/6/23: Matty grabbing coffee accompanied by Taylors bodyguard after leaving Taylors condo.
5/6/23: Matty at Nashville night 2. xx
5/6/23: Matty & Taylor pictured arriving at Taylor’s condo together.
5/7/23: Matty at Nashville night 3.
5/11/23: Matty and Taylor spotted on a date with Jack Antonoff in NYC. More pictures here.
5/12/23: Matty at Philly night 1.
5/13/23: Matty at Philly night 2.
5/13/23: Taylor performs ‘This Love’ with no introduction.
5/14/23: Taylor plays a request of “Hey Stephen”, but doesn’t say who requested it.
5/14/23: Matty pictured at the VIP tent at The Eras Tour Philly night 3
5/15/23: Matty and Taylor pictured leaving a party at Electric Studios in NYC.
5/18/23: Article comes out saying Joe is ‘distraught and slighted’ over Taylor & Matty dating, saying he ‘trusted’ Taylor when she said they were just friends.
5/18/23 Matty entering Taylor’s NYC Apartment.
5/20/23: Matty’s ex talks about Matty and Taylor.
5/20/23: Taylor’s speech before playing ‘Question…?’ in Foxborough, MA. “I want you all to know that I’ve never been this happy before in my life. It’s not just with the tour, I just sort of feel like my life finally feels like it makes sense. And so I thought I’d play this song, which brings me a lot of happy memories.”
5/20/23: Taylor plays ‘Question…?’ on night 2 in Foxborough, MA.
5/22/23: Matty dropping Taylor off at Electric Lady Studios.
5/24/23: Taylor and Matty leaving the Electric Lady Studios separately.
5/27/23: The Sun reports Matty and Taylor are moving in together.
5/29/23: Matty’s profile with The New Yorker comes out which includes multiple mentions of Taylor.
5/29/23: From The New Yorker “Healy found it annoying that, at a certain level of fame, celebrities can cultivate liberal auras while avoiding the risk of taking real political stands. (Swift, I thought, but didn’t say, seemed to be excepted from his critique.)”
5/29/23: From The New Yorker about Taylor & Matty dating “ Neither of their representatives would comment on the record, but I kept getting texts from people who knew them, and who insisted: this time, it’s real.”
6/5/23: Matty & Taylor reportedly break up.
6/6/23: People releases an article saying “There is no drama, and who knows what could happen again.” and "Taylor and Matty still care for one another but they are in the middle of world tours so both are incredibly busy. They’ve been friends for years and are still friends.”
6/6/23: While discussing Taylor on his podcast (21:06) Zach Sang says “I’m like kind of friends with Selena Gomez. We’ve known each other for a very long time and we share a lot of close friends. And from what I heard like in the aura around Selena, Taylor was talking about Matty Healy like he was the one."
6/11/23: Matty reactivates his Instagram.
6/11/23: Matty “You know what’s nice, playing songs in context“ before ‘Me and You Together song’
7/1/23: Matty mentions Taylor "I don’t wanna use this thing [the catwalk], it feels very democratic, it feels very… I mean Beyonce of course, Taylor, Machine Gun Kelly, whoever it may be… I don’t like it, it makes me feel exposed.”
7/5/23: The Sun claims Matty & Taylor are back together and “want to make it work at all costs.”
7/5/23: People declines claims that they are together.
7/18/23: Matty briefly mentions Taylor “I speak about this a lot, the Tumblr times, the simpler days, the golden days. When it was just us and Taylor and Lana and Arctic Monkeys.”
7/22/23: Taylor removes ‘About You’ from The Eras Tour pre-show playlist.
8/7/23: Matty is seen with Meredith Mickelson at an airport in Hawaii.
August 2023: Taylor starts dating Travis Kelce.
September 2023: Matty starts dating Gabbriette.
December 2023: Multiple people receive miss prints of “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” which appears to show the song “Slut” originally featured The 1975.
4/19/24: Taylor releases her new album “The Tortured Poets Department” where many songs are believed to be about Taylor and Matty’s previous relationship.

Following the previous post here’s a recap of the 1st day from the 3rd week of the "World Wide League 07" project (full playlist of it can be found here).
Some notes:
You can find descriptions of each division as well as the teams participating in them on the Week 1 posts previously submitted in this subreddit.
Every time you see a team with their name in bold, it's a team of which every match will be recorded.
For ordering the leaderboard table, I simply use whatever the game displays (when there are full ties, it simply orders the teams at random) and then do some correlation since once the week of matches is done, the first match of the next week happens automatically offscreen.
WEEK 3 DAY 1
21st Division (Morning)
The results of the 12 matches from this division’s 3rd week were the following:

HOME	RESULT	AWAY
Rochdale	0-1	Barnet
Bury	2-1	Rotherham
Wrexham	0-1	Torquay
Cheltenham Town	0-1	Macclesfield
Stockp. County	0-1	AC Lugano
Chester	0-0	Darlington
Notts County	2-2	Walsall
MK Dons	2-0	Hereford
Swindon Town	3-1	Lausanne-Sport
Boston	0-2	Peterborough
Chaux-de-Fonds	2-1	Shrewsbury
Mansfield Town	0-0	Accrington

Now for a short description of the 8 recorded matches and their facts (stats and events):
Match 2: Bury vs Rotherham
Despite the away team creating more chances, it was the home team that scored twice as the match developed. It was only with 5 minutes remaining and the home team losing a player that the away team finally managed to score, but it was too little too late.

Bury	Stats	Rotherham
1+1=2	Goals	0+1=1
4+5=9	Shots	7+6=13
1+2=3	On Target	2+3=5
11+22=33	Tackles	15+21=36
2+1=3	Fouls	1+3=4
1+1=2	Bookings	0+1=1
1+0=1	Corners	0+0=0
0+0=0	Offsides	1+1=2
67%->69%	Passing	70%->71%
52%->51%	Possession	48%->49%
25%->33%	Accuracy	28%->38%

Bury	Events	Rotherham
Yellow (Barry-Murphy)	'31
Goal (Bishop)	'44
Sub (Woodthorpe->Kennedy)	'58
Goal (Pittman)	'74
	'77	Yellow (Hurst)
Red (Fitzgerald)	'85
	'86	Goal (Hurst)

Match 3: Wrexham vs Torquay
A rather uneventful and inaccurate match. Apart from the one goal and one good save, all other close calls ended up hitting the posts.

Wrexham	Stats	Torquay
0+0=0	Goals	1+0=1
4+4=8	Shots	2+4=6
0+0=0	On Target	1+0=1
18+20=38	Tackles	15+23=38
0+0=0	Fouls	1+1=2
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
0+0=0	Corners	0+1=1
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
68%->69%	Passing	64%->69%
55%->55%	Possession	45%->45%
0%->0%	Accuracy	50%->16%

Wrexham	Events	Torquay
	'27	Goal (Thorpe)
Sub (Done->Johnson)	'59
	'72	Sub (Hill->Motteram)

Match 4: Cheltenham Town vs Macclesfield
One of the home defenders made a terrible judgement during a cross that ended in an owngoal. The home team tried to equalize for the remainder of the match but the away keeper made sure his team's lead would remain.

Cheltenham Town	Stats	Macclesfield
0+0=0	Goals	1+0=1
7+10=17	Shots	2+8=10
1+3=4	On Target	1+1=2
17+13=30	Tackles	14+8=22
0+1=1	Fouls	1+2=3
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
2+2=4	Corners	2+2=4
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
76%->72%	Passing	71%->71%
57%->54%	Possession	43%->46%
14%->23%	Accuracy	50%->20%

Cheltenham Town	Events	Macclesfield
	'15	Goal (Duff [OG])
	'66	Sub (Smart->Brightwell)
Sub (Wilson->Bird)	'67

Match 5: Stockp. County vs AC Lugano Away team created better chances though only one of them managed to create a goal. Their opponents had a good chance to equalize near the end but the away keeper denied them with a save.

Stockp. County	Stats	AC Lugano
0+0=0	Goals	1+0=1
4+6=10	Shots	7+6=13
1+2=3	On Target	3+1=4
28+22=50	Tackles	23+13=36
2+2=4	Fouls	1+2=3
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
1+1=2	Corners	0+0=0
0+0=0	Offsides	0+1=1
68%->66%	Passing	80%->77%
55%->49%	Possession	45%->51%
25%->30%	Accuracy	42%->30%

Stockp. County	Events	AC Lugano
	'14	Goal (Boughanem)
Sub (Le Fondre->Dickinson)	'55
	'62	Sub (Bressan->Sulmoni)

Match 6: Chester vs Darlington
Both goalkeepers made a good enough job and in the end no shot was allowed to hit the back of the net.

Chester	Stats	Darlington
0+0=0	Goals	0+0=0
6+9=15	Shots	6+6=12
3+4=7	On Target	1+1=2
15+18=33	Tackles	12+17=29
0+0=0	Fouls	3+0=3
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
0+2=2	Corners	2+2=4
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
67%->70%	Passing	70%->68%
44%->47%	Possession	56%->53%
50%->46%	Accuracy	16%->16%

Chester	Events	Darlington
	'53	Sub (Logan->Duke)
Sub (Walters->Rutherford)	'58

Match 7: Notts County vs Walsall
It was a very close match, both teams creating good chances and being oportunistic. It seemed like the home team would take the win but in the closing moments their opponents slotted in the equalizer.

Notts County	Stats	Walsall
1+1=2	Goals	1+1=2
8+6=14	Shots	7+5=12
3+3=6	On Target	4+4=8
7+16=23	Tackles	14+17=31
1+0=1	Fouls	2+1=3
0+0=0	Bookings	1+0=1
0+1=1	Corners	2+1=3
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
69%->72%	Passing	70%->70%
46%->50%	Possession	54%->50%
37%->42%	Accuracy	57%->66%

Notts County	Events	Walsall
Goal (Lee)	'4
	'28	Goal (Butler)
	'32	Yellow (Keates)
Sub (Parkinson->Needham)	'57
	'66	Sub (Keates->Taylor)
Goal (Lee)	'68
	'89	Goal (Butler)

Match 8: MK Dons vs Hereford
The home team had the upper hand and scored twice in quick succession on the latter part of the 1st half. The 2nd half was less eventful and the score remained unchanged.

MK Dons	Stats	Hereford
2+0=2	Goals	0+0=0
9+1=10	Shots	4+3=7
4+0=4	On Target	2+2=4
14+19=33	Tackles	10+16=26
2+2=4	Fouls	1+1=2
1+0=1	Bookings	0+1=1
0+0=0	Corners	0+1=1
0+1=1	Offsides	0+0=0
73%->69%	Passing	72%->70%
51%->49%	Possession	49%->51%
44%->40%	Accuracy	50%->57%

MK Dons	Events	Hereford
Goal (Platt)	'35
Goal (Platt)	'39
Yellow (Mitchell)	'44
Sub (Mitchell->Rizzo)	'53
	'58	Sub (Fleetwood->Williams)
	'69	Yellow (Ferrell)

Match 9: Swindon Town vs Lausanne-Sport
Home team was very oportunistic on the 1st half while their opponents wasted their several chances. On the 2nd half the home team also started creating more chances while still taking good care of them, so their lead remained througout the rest of the match.

Swindon Town	Stats	Lausanne-Sport
1+2=3	Goals	0+1=1
2+8=10	Shots	7+7=14
2+4=6	On Target	2+2=4
14+10=24	Tackles	10+15=25
0+3=3	Fouls	0+0=0
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
0+2=2	Corners	1+0=1
0+0=0	Offsides	1+0=1
65%->71%	Passing	72%->70%
45%->46%	Possession	55%->54%
100%->60%	Accuracy	28%->28%

Swindon Town	Events	Lausanne-Sport
Goal (Roberts)	'33
Goal (Roberts)	'48
	'58	Goal (Mauro)
Sub (Shakes->Whalley)	'73
Goal (Williams)	'87

With all that in mind, the leaderboard after this division’s 3rd week of matches is as follows:

POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1(=)	Darlington	3	2	1	0	6	0	6	7
2(↑1)	Peterborough	3	2	1	0	5	0	5	7
3(↑4)	AC Lugano	3	2	1	0	3	1	2	7
4(↑10)	Barnet	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
5(↓3)	Accrington	3	1	2	0	4	2	4	5
6(↑3)	Chester	3	1	1	1	3	2	1	4
7(↑3)	Mansfield Town	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	4
8(↓4)	Lausanne-Sport	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
9(↑2)	Walsall	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
10(↑7)	Bury	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
11(↑8)	Torquay	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
12(↓7)	Shrewsbury	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
13(↑7)	MK Dons	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
14(↓8)	Cheltenham Town	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
15(↑6)	Chaux-de-Fonds	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
16(↓8)	Boston	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1	4
17(↑6)	Macclesfield	3	1	1	1	1	2	-1	4
18(↓2)	Notts County	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3
19(↓7)	Rotherham	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3
20(↓7)	Rochdale	3	1	0	2	1	2	-1	3
21(↑3)	Swindon Town	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3
22(↓7)	Stockp. County	3	1	0	2	1	5	-4	3
23(↓5)	Wrexham	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2	1
24(↓2)	Hereford	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4	1

20th Division (Afternoon)
The results of the 12 matches from this division’s 3rd week were the following:

HOME	RESULT	AWAY
EC Bahia	1-2	Bristol Rovers
Lincoln City	0-2	Górnik Łęczna
Łódzki KS	0-1	Yeovil
Brighton	2-0	Grimsby Town
Vejle Boldklub	1-1	Wycombe
Tours FC	3-1	Port Vale
Bradford City	1-2	Leyton Orient
Blackpool	1-2	Hartlepool
SCR Altach	1-1	Columbus Crew
Chesterfield	2-2	Scunthorpe Utd
Bournemouth	1-0	Ponferradina
Frosinone	0-2	FC Libourne

Now for a short description of the 8 recorded matches and their facts (stats and events):
Match 2: Lincoln City vs Górnik Łęczna
Away team played a better match and got 2 goals on the 1st half, while their opponents lost a player later on and progressively lost any hope of making a comeback.

Lincoln City	Stats	Górnik Łęczna
0+0=0	Goals	2+0=2
3+4=7	Shots	5+2=7
0+2=2	On Target	3+1=4
17+20=37	Tackles	11+12=23
1+1=2	Fouls	2+0=2
0+1=1	Bookings	0+0=0
0+0=0	Corners	2+0=2
0+0=0	Offsides	0+2=2
59%->62%	Passing	70%->68%
46%->45%	Possession	54%->55%
0%->28%	Accuracy	60%->57%

Lincoln City	Events	Górnik Łęczna
	'3	Goal (Grzegorzewski)
	'42	Goal (Manevski)
Sub (Kerr->Foster)	'54
	'63	Sub (Nikitović->Wędzyński)
Red (Brown)	'65

Match 3: Łódzki KS vs Yeovil
Despite having less chances, the away team was the one to get in front, and their keeper made a stellar job throughout the match to keep that lead alive.

Łódzki KS	Stats	Yeovil
0+0=0	Goals	1+0=1
7+6=13	Shots	3+3=6
2+3=5	On Target	2+0=2
21+12=33	Tackles	17+20=37
1+0=1	Fouls	0+1=1
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
3+3=6	Corners	0+0=0
0+0=0	Offsides	1+0=1
73%->70%	Passing	75%->70%
48%->51%	Possession	52%->49%
28%->38%	Accuracy	66%->33%

Łódzki KS	Events	Yeovil
	'36	Goal (Gray)
	'68	Sub (Skiverton->Guyett)
Sub (Madej->Mysona)	'71

Match 4: Brighton vs Grimsby Town

Brighton	Stats	Grimsby Town
2+0=2	Goals	0+0=0
4+3=7	Shots	4+10=14
4+1=5	On Target	0+3=3
12+16=28	Tackles	12+19=31
1+2=3	Fouls	0+0=0
0+1=1	Bookings	0+0=0
0+0=0	Corners	0+0=0
0+1=1	Offsides	0+0=0
57%->60%	Passing	77%->74%
41%->48%	Possession	59%->52%
100%->71%	Accuracy	0%->21%

Brighton	Events	Grimsby Town
Goal (Hammond)	'6
Goal (Robinson)	'33
Sub (Carpenter->Loft)	'52	Sub (Beagrie->Bolland)
Red (Hammond)	'76

Match 5: Vejle Boldklub vs Wycombe
1st half had a good amount of action, with some very good saves from the home keeper and 1 goal for each team, the latter coming after an outrageous miss. The 2nd half was much less eventful, neither team seemed inspired enough to break the draw.

Vejle Boldklub	Stats	Wycombe
1+0=1	Goals	1+0=1
4+10=14	Shots	7+5=12
3+2=5	On Target	4+1=5
13+17=30	Tackles	19+25=44
3+1=4	Fouls	0+1=1
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
5+1=6	Corners	4+2=6
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
66%->71%	Passing	69%->67%
54%->49%	Possession	46%->51%
75%->35%	Accuracy	57%->41%

Vejle Boldklub	Events	Wycombe
Goal (Toft)	'26
	'45	Goal (Mooney)
	'68	Sub (Betsy->Dixon)
Sub (Nakajima-Farran->Pallesen)	'78

Match 6: Tours FC vs Port Vale
The 1st half saw a rather lacklustre display of goalkeeping that caused several goals. In the end the scale fell in favor of the home team, who also created more chances.

Tours FC	Stats	Port Vale
2+1=3	Goals	1+0=1
8+10=18	Shots	5+8=13
5+2=7	On Target	2+3=5
15+19=34	Tackles	13+19=32
1+1=2	Fouls	2+2=4
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
0+1=1	Corners	0+0=0
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
63%->68%	Passing	65%->68%
47%->48%	Possession	53%->52%
62%->38%	Accuracy	40%->38%

Tours FC	Events	Port Vale
Goal (Mandanne)	'12
Goal (Gimbert)	'28
	'30	Goal (Constantine)
Goal (Gimbert)	'56
Sub (Collet->Baradji)	'76
	'79	Sub (Lowndes->Sodje)

Match 7: Bradford City vs Leyton Orient
The away team was very opportunistic and used their only chance of the 1st half to score a nice goal and go to half-time ahead. The home team managed to equalize and then it became a battle of who could take the winning goal. When it seemed it would all end up in a draw, a last minute opportunity sentenced it all.

Bradford City	Stats	Leyton Orient
0+1=1	Goals	1+1=2
7+5=12	Shots	1+7=8
2+3=5	On Target	1+5=6
17+19=36	Tackles	12+18=30
1+1=2	Fouls	2+0=2
0+0=0	Bookings	1+0=1
1+0=1	Corners	1+2=3
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
70%->71%	Passing	72%->70%
53%->54%	Possession	47%->46%
28%->41%	Accuracy	100%->75%

Bradford City	Events	Leyton Orient
	'12	Goal (Alexander)
	'28	Yellow (Fortune)
Sub (Windass->Johnson)	'61	Sub (Tudor->McMahon)
Goal (Johnson)	'65
	'90+3	Goal (Connor)

Match 8: Blackpool vs Hartlepool
Away team played a good 1st half and got 2 goals from it, while their opponents stepped up their game after half-time and managed to cut the gap, but in the end they couldn't find an equalizer.

Blackpool	Stats	Hartlepool
0+1=1	Goals	2+0=2
6+8=14	Shots	4+3=7
2+2=4	On Target	3+0=3
20+22=42	Tackles	19+15=34
1+0=1	Fouls	2+2=4
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
0+0=0	Corners	0+0=0
2+0=2	Offsides	0+0=0
74%->72%	Passing	63%->69%
51%->55%	Possession	49%->45%
33%->28%	Accuracy	75%->42%

Blackpool	Events	Hartlepool
	'22	Goal (Williams)
	'28	Goal (Williams)
Injury (Prendergast)	'45
Sub (Prendergast->Bean)	'45
Sub (Bean->Fox)	'56
	'69	Sub (Humphreys->Boland)
Goal (Graham)	'74

Match 9: SCR Altach vs Columbus Crew
After a previous close call, the away team got ahead in one of the most chaotic moments of the season so far, and then the home team drew level with a well struck hit coming from a cross. The 2nd half was rather uneventful, so the score remained the same.

SCR Altach	Stats	Columbus Crew
1+0=1	Goals	1+0=1
5+5=10	Shots	11+9=20
3+2=5	On Target	3+3=6
10+14=24	Tackles	14+10=24
1+2=3	Fouls	1+0=1
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
0+0=0	Corners	3+1=4
1+1=2	Offsides	0+1=1
72%->64%	Passing	66%->70%
55%->49%	Possession	45%->51%
60%->50%	Accuracy	27%->30%

SCR Altach	Events	Columbus Crew
	'20	Goal (Guem [OG])
Goal (Ledezma)	'37
	'58	Sub (Oughton->Szetela)

With all that in mind, the leaderboard after this division’s 3rd week of matches is as follows:

POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1(↑1)	Górnik Łęczna	3	3	0	0	6	2	4	9
2(↓1)	Vejle Boldklub	3	2	1	0	4	1	3	7
3(=)	Chesterfield	3	2	1	0	5	3	2	7
4(↑6)	Tours FC	3	2	0	1	5	3	2	6
5(↑2)	Leyton Orient	3	2	0	1	5	3	2	6
6(↑2)	Bristol Rovers	3	2	0	1	6	5	1	6
7(↑2)	FC Libourne	3	2	0	1	5	4	1	6
8(↓3)	Scunthorpe Utd	3	1	2	0	4	2	2	5
9(↑6)	Hartlepool	3	1	2	0	3	2	1	5
10(↑7)	Brighton	3	1	1	1	5	4	1	4
11(↓7)	Bradford City	3	1	1	1	5	4	1	4
12(↑4)	Bournemouth	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
13(↑7)	Yeovil	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
14(↓8)	Lincoln City	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	4
15(↓4)	Blackpool	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3
16(↓4)	Port Vale	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3	3
17(↓4)	Grimsby Town	3	1	0	2	1	4	-3	3
18(↓4)	Łódzki KS	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2
19(=)	Wycombe	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2
20(↑3)	Columbus Crew	3	0	2	1	3	5	-2	2
21(↑3)	SCR Altach	3	0	2	1	1	3	-2	2
22(=)	EC Bahia	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2	1
23(↓2)	Ponferradina	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	1
24(↓6)	Frosinone	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	1

19th Division (Night)
The results of the 12 matches from this division’s 3rd week were the following:

HOME	RESULT	AWAY
Orlando Pirates	2-2	Brentford
Northampton	0-3	Widzew Łódź
Carlisle United	0-0	Arezzo
Schaffhausen	2-0	Spezia
Kaizer Chiefs	0-0	Crewe
FC Luzern	2-1	Randers FC
Carl Zeiss Jena	0-0	Östers
Arka Gdynia	1-1	Salamanca
Górnik Zabrze	1-2	Tranmere Rovers
Bełchatów	2-2	Swansea City
Oldham Athletic	2-2	Pogoń Szczecin
Barnsley	1-2	Odra Wodzisław

Now for a short description of the 8 recorded matches and their facts (stats and events):
Match 2: Northampton vs Widzew Łódź
Away team was far more accurate than their opponents and the final score showed this well, they didn't seem at risk of losing any ground for most of the match.

Northampton	Stats	Widzew Łódź
0+0=0	Goals	2+1=3
6+6=12	Shots	7+5=12
1+2=3	On Target	4+2=6
13+15=28	Tackles	11+16=27
2+1=3	Fouls	2+1=3
0+0=0	Bookings	1+0=1
0+0=0	Corners	1+0=1
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
78%->74%	Passing	72%->74%
56%->52%	Possession	44%->48%
16%->25%	Accuracy	57%->50%

Northampton	Events	Widzew Łódź
	'22	Goal (Sokalski)
	'30	Goal (Budka)
	'41	Yellow (Sokalski)
Sub (Holt->Jess)	'53
	'73	Sub (Zečević->Szeliga)
	'84	Goal (Białek)

Match 3: Carlisle United vs Arezzo
The posts denied a couple of chances in an otherwise uneventful and goalless match.

Carlisle United	Stats	Arezzo
0+0=0	Goals	0+0=0
7+7=14	Shots	4+1=5
4+4=8	On Target	2+0=2
9+20=29	Tackles	19+12=31
1+0=1	Fouls	2+1=3
0+0=0	Bookings	1+1=2
2+1=3	Corners	0+2=2
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
77%->72%	Passing	75%->68%
45%->47%	Possession	55%->53%
57%->57%	Accuracy	50%->40%

Carlisle United	Events	Arezzo
	'40	Yellow (Barbagli)
Sub (Gall->Hackney)	'57
	'74	Yellow (Galeoto)

Match 4: Schaffhausen vs Spezia
Home team got luckier with their chances than their opponents and got a 2 goal win out of it in the end.

Schaffhausen	Stats	Spezia
1+1=2	Goals	0+0=0
4+3=7	Shots	10+7=17
2+1=3	On Target	5+3=8
17+16=33	Tackles	12+12=24
0+0=0	Fouls	1+1=2
0+0=0	Bookings	1+1=2
1+1=2	Corners	4+1=5
0+0=0	Offsides	0+1=1
56%->62%	Passing	72%->76%
51%->45%	Possession	49%->55%
50%->42%	Accuracy	50%->47%

Schaffhausen	Events	Spezia
Goal (Renfer)	'25
	'28	Yellow (Nicola)
Sub (Da Silva->Tarone)	'58
Goal (Fabinho)	'71
	'90	Yellow (Addona)

Match 5: Kaizer Chiefs vs Crewe
A pretty boring and goalless match where neither team was inspired enough to make any good attempt on goal.

Kaizer Chiefs	Stats	Crewe
0+0=0	Goals	0+0=0
2+5=7	Shots	5+4=9
0+1=1	On Target	2+2=4
16+19=35	Tackles	19+16=35
0+1=1	Fouls	0+0=0
0+1=1	Bookings	0+0=0
0+0=0	Corners	2+0=2
0+0=0	Offsides	0+1=1
73%->70%	Passing	74%->70%
55%->53%	Possession	45%->47%
0%->14%	Accuracy	40%->44%

Kaizer Chiefs	Events	Crewe
Sub (Ngobese->Schalkwyk)	'57	Sub (Roberts->Rix)
Yellow (McCarthy)	'58

Match 6: FC Luzern vs Randers FC
The home team made several accurate attacks during the 1st half, and the only reason the match wasn't a sweep was the away goalkeeper's great reflexes.

FC Luzern	Stats	Randers FC
2+0=2	Goals	0+1=1
14+5=19	Shots	4+8=12
11+2=13	On Target	0+4=4
16+15=31	Tackles	18+16=34
1+1=2	Fouls	0+1=1
1+0=1	Bookings	0+0=0
4+0=4	Corners	0+2=2
0+1=1	Offsides	0+0=0
65%->62%	Passing	68%->69%
49%->43%	Possession	51%->57%
78%->68%	Accuracy	0%->33%

FC Luzern	Events	Randers FC
Goal (N’Tiamoah)	'6
Goal (N’Tiamoah)	'32
Yellow (Cantaluppi)	'45+5
	'52	Sub (Johansen->Fall)
	'59	Goal (Christiansen)
Sub (Righetti->Lambert)	'68

Match 7: Carl Zeiss Jena vs Östers
Another uninspired match, not much happened and only a couple of chances were any close from becoming a goal.

Carl Zeiss Jena	Stats	Östers
0+0=0	Goals	0+0=0
5+3=8	Shots	3+5=8
1+2=3	On Target	0+1=1
16+15=31	Tackles	9+14=23
0+2=2	Fouls	0+0=0
0+2=2	Bookings	0+0=0
0+1=1	Corners	1+2=3
1+0=1	Offsides	0+0=0
66%->62%	Passing	66%->67%
55%->52%	Possession	45%->48%
20%->37%	Accuracy	0%->12%

Carl Zeiss Jena	Events	Östers
Yellow (Hasse)	'48
Sub (Güvenisik->Jelic)	'55
Yellow (Helbig)	'56
	'63	Sub (Bennett->Borg)

Match 8: Arka Gdynia vs Salamanca
Not many good attempts but both teams made a fairly good use of them, scoring a goal a-piece.

Arka Gdynia	Stats	Salamanca
0+1=1	Goals	1+0=1
3+4=7	Shots	6+6=12
1+1=2	On Target	3+2=5
21+17=38	Tackles	19+24=43
2+2=4	Fouls	1+1=2
0+1=1	Bookings	0+0=0
1+0=1	Corners	1+0=1
0+0=0	Offsides	0+1=1
68%->70%	Passing	75%->72%
46%->50%	Possession	54%->50%
33%->28%	Accuracy	50%->41%

Arka Gdynia	Events	Salamanca
	'30	Goal (Dani Tortolero)
Yellow (Przytuła)	'47
Sub (Przytuła->Pudysiak)	'60	Sub (Maxi Gomes->Susaeta)
Goal (Nawrocik)	'78

Match 9: Górnik Zabrze vs Tranmere Rovers
The home team took the lead on the 1st goal with a nicely directed header, but 2 mistakes at the back turning into breakaways during the 2nd half (the last one with barely a few minutes left) meant that they left the stadium with no points to pick up.

Górnik Zabrze	Stats	Tranmere Rovers
1+0=1	Goals	0+2=2
8+2=10	Shots	3+11=14
4+1=5	On Target	0+6=6
12+8=20	Tackles	17+20=37
0+1=1	Fouls	0+0=0
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
0+0=0	Corners	1+0=1
0+0=0	Offsides	0+1=1
80%->75%	Passing	68%->69%
58%->51%	Possession	42%->49%
50%->50%	Accuracy	0%->42%

Górnik Zabrze	Events	Tranmere Rovers
Goal (Moskal)	'39
	'52	Sub (Ellison->McAteer)
	'75	Goal (Greenacre)
	'89	Goal (Taylor)

With all that in mind, the leaderboard after this division’s 3rd week of matches is as follows:

POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1(↑3)	Widzew Łódź	3	2	1	0	6	2	4	7
2(↓1)	Bełchatów	3	2	1	0	5	2	3	7
3(=)	Tranmere Rovers	3	2	1	0	5	3	2	7
4(↑2)	Odra Wodzisław	3	2	1	0	3	1	2	7
5(↑2)	FC Luzern	3	2	0	1	6	3	3	6
6(↓1)	Kaizer Chiefs	3	1	2	0	3	2	1	5
7(↓5)	Randers FC	3	1	1	1	5	4	1	4
8(=)	Oldham Athletic	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	4
9(↑1)	Orlando Pirates	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
10(↑13)	Schaffhausen	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
11(↓2)	Östers	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
12(↑1)	Arka Gdynia	3	1	1	1	3	5	-2	4
13(↑4)	Salamanca	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
14(↑4)	Crewe	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
15(↓1)	Carlisle United	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
16(↓5)	Górnik Zabrze	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
17(↓5)	Barnsley	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
18(↑2)	Brentford	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2
19(↑2)	Swansea City	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2
20(↑2)	Pogoń Szczecin	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2
21(↓2)	Arezzo	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1	2
22(↓6)	Spezia	3	0	2	1	2	4	-2	2
23(↓8)	Northampton	3	0	2	1	2	5	-3	2
24(=)	Carl Zeiss Jena	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	1

Last but not least, here’s a highlights video of Week 3 Day 1, a compilation of the best goals, saves and fails from the 24 matches that were recorded.
Next post will be a recap of Week 3 Day 2 on Wednesday 8th.
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People are even dying in the prison world. Misunderstood and crazy thoughts, or unfiltered exercise of the first amendment mixed with poetry and creativity.
It’s like everything I ever wanted was taken from me in the past. Every good thing was broken, and through all the trials and tribulations, the blue blood turned to red ink. Imprinted on what is the story of me being alive.
Now I have had people leaving. I gotten use to it, one door closes and another door opens. It’s the beauty of the universe.
I used to be called it, because of how ugly I am. Now people call me man. It’s embarrassing, degrading, and hurtful. Nobody ever seemed to care about my hurt. N o b o d y. I challenge it with emotion and polite grace when I can muster up the courage.
I’ve been alone as long as I can remember. Trying to network and backpacking. I’ve been doing this since I was in 3rd or fourth grade. Every weekend the night at my friends, almost every weekend of summer softball. Anywhere, I had a lot of good in my life, but nobody ever seemed to notice the hurt. I kind of liked it because I couldn’t explain it. My parents did the best they could with their struggles and their life, but often times that left me with people I knew “didn’t really want me there” or made me “burden” my parents friends. I spent more time with my softball team than my own family.
Oh well, I had lots of “friends” but decided I didn’t want my life to be like that when I was an adult. I wanted to provide for myself.
I left the boy I loved to pursue getting a career. The career was put on hold for the fbi to investigate whatever they had been investigating since someone from cps came into my 4th grade class. They asked my about my dad and I lied because they didn’t ask the right way. I knew they didn’t care by how they asked. I was warned about cps. I have no regrets. I remember meeting that lady and I know she had an agenda and didn’t care about my well being. I’ll never forget meeting her. I’ll never forget her energy and the way she assumed I was dumb. I liked everyone when I was a child, but I didn’t like her. I grew up to learn more about the cps and it’s worse than staying in the parenting you had in most cases.
My thoughts are how do you have people looking into your life since 4th grade, but you struggle with food when in college? Play full time sports and work a part time job, but no help with any food? No case worker ever thought I deserved food, but the government was SO interested in what my parents were doing wrong and had no care what the government was doing wrong.
My life has always been alone or me being a burden. I remember sitting in the back bedroom by myself surrounded by toys that weren’t mine. I’d cry back there. I remember thinking Hannah Montana and Selena Gomez were “my favourite characters” all of them, raven too. I learned human interactions from TV. I wanted to have lives like them. Lots of friends, a family, to be cared about like them. I learned social skills from softball. I was taught by a village. I always though some day I will have a life where people care about me and I wont be crying in the back room all alone some day . if I show enough care. If I work, if l just keep working on myself. Some day. I hated that back bedroom.
Nobody could ever figure out my breathing issues. They said it was anxiety and I knew it wasn’t. I later figured out it’s just a government ploy to bin people and put them on ssri’s I did lots of yoga and turned to Chinese medicine I couldn’t understand. I left the boy I had fallen in love with and quit nursing because it didn’t align with my religious beliefs. After learning the material i felt like I would have been apart of slowly killing people and it weighed on my conscience. I’d never would be smart enough or fast enough to be that superwoman nurse and I didn’t want to be a geriatric nurse my entire life.
I punished myself for “quitting”. Because other people frowned upon it. Now looking back? I think it was the most adult decision I ever made. I gave up my dream life, nursing and Joshua. I wanted joshua to come back when I became a better person. I wanted the absolute best for him, and I wanted that absolute best to be me some day.
I never got to see him again and I’ve never felt good enough for anyone. I feel good enough now to deserve respect, love, someone to celebrate the fact that somehow I’m still alive, and kindness, and a boyfriend; but my tax bracket is disturbing and after all the bad, I guess it’s hard for anyone to see any of the good inside of me. I hope people do anyways.
I’ll never forget, after I left my highschool “dream” I decided I wanted my own brand, to get engaged, and I wanted to be someone. I liked the idea of business and art and philosophy and motivating speeches and yoga Ayurveda, music, spirituality, dogs, and just light. I would be made fun of for the books I read and my beliefs. Everyone thought it was weird I wanted to play sports, go to the gym and not be slim thick , and ate a vegan diet. Nobody cared about yoga or Ayurveda like I did or like they did in Cali. Or other countries. When I was in highschool there was no such thing as “meatless” burgers. I did this before it was popular and lost a lot of friends. I was a girl that liked future, 21, and young thug better than Taylor swift. I was told I followed the beat of my own drum. I never could find my place.but there was this moment I’ll never forget . We were at the gas station. I remember my short blond hair blowing in the wind or maybe touching it because it was in my face. This blond boy in my passenger seat he gave me this “I love her look” and nobody ever looked at me like that. The moment paused and I ruined it with my awkwardness as per usual. I said with an attitude and I didn’t know why it came out like that. I not remember the reply and it doesn’t matter because he left too. I thought we were going to figure it out together. I hope he’s ok. I hope he’s living life happier, with less anxiety. It’s not all your fault, and we deserve to live. I appreciated having someone to spend time with even if it was just physical presence. I knew you weren’t for me when you didn’t kiss me in the dugout, I felt your energy. I miss your energy sometimes.. your witchcraft right? ha. but there is no feelings left because I had always hoped I’d see Joshua again.
I was scared and my energy was contagious. Until I was crippled by the feelings associated with being an empath. The love I knew came from the hood. I was taken out of the ghetto and never really could change that “Rihana” mentality. The richest woman in the world. Well spoken, truth teller (at the time), beautiful (I’m as straight as they come, but acknowledge aesthetics and beauty in all its forms. ) colored woman ready to fight to change the world. For everyone, not just herself. She reminded me of Will Smith. Up until 2019/20 both of them were my favourites. I loved what they stood up for and the roles they decided to take on. I could talk all day about art and people and philosophy. I cared. I loved them for choosing roles and making speeches that went hand in hand with hard challenging topics of social norms. I loved Miley Cyrus and how all of them weren’t afraid to go against the grain to make a positive difference even if that meant confrontation and scrutiny.
I have my own thoughts and opinions and had been able to speak about them until now. I’m never afraid to hurt feelings because that’s never my intentions. Sometimes people want their feelings to be hurt and that is their problem.
I learned a lot about myself. I finally know who I am. I can define my wants and desires. I can speak. Something I had been trying to learn how to do since my super woman highschool teacher had us listen and read the book speak as a class.
I had to lose everything to fight the conditioning.
I won, but to everyone else it looked like a loss on paper.
Im hurting extra,dirty devil I’m a mess and I want to say thanks to the people that I use to to know. Thanks to the universe for all the subliminal messages and the love I knew was directed towards me. I love you too and it’s been appreciated every step of the way. I still believe in god. I do not believe in good as much, but I know it exists and I pray that it finds me. I know I have my own views, my own thoughts, and my own opinions. I fought conditioning and turned my own life around. I stopped allowing doctors and people to place labels on me. I decided to just be what everyone else is so scared to be. My authentic self unapologetically. I have emotions and I am human, I walk on water just like Sasha the fiercer. Except I am myself with all of my own nick names.
I have loved and I have lost. everything. my friends, my family, my sanity, my house, my life (i flatlined).
This is my story.
I know the truth. It’s hard to tell. It’s too much small details that fall through the cracks in our system and get lost in translation during the time wasted on trying to win a miss congeniality contest that never existed, right Castile? Where my Demon hunters at.. huh dean? I’m just joking with you.
You know just joshing with you. It turns out the love of my life was a joke but I choose to think about it like the well written country song. “Your memory is something I don’t mess with, the one that I was the best with.” I still love you no matter why you decided to waste time with me. I know what I felt and I know that you cared and nobody will ever be able to take away, what I know we had. Not ever.
Okay okay, now hear me out. This guy. I miss him and I never thought another boy would ever touch me again. He hugged me almost everyday. He was shaking with feelings that he knew he had to fight for many reasons with the main reason being respect. He’s a good person, despite all the evil inside of (or surrounding) him. I wanted to love him. I will never love anyone the way I did josh. I care about this boy and I never want to let it go. I want you to stay, because it doesn’t seem over yet. I still need you, and that’s something I am usually good about. I know you need me too. I remember crying and you holding me in your arms. I felt loved. I know it was mixed with a thousand of our emotions that weren’t always the same, but there was some sort of connection. I’m not sure if it will last forever, but I know that you mean something to me and I can’t give up on you yet. I still care you, but trust you less and less. I still care about you, I still want you. I know we have a lot of things to work through, but I want to see what it’s like to have a relationship that two people care enough to work on it. I think you’re someone I can change for. I think you’re someone I can work with on things with. I think you’re someone I could build with. I love lots of little things about your personality or your traits.
It’s hard for me to move on, I just can’t. every-time we hang up I know I’m going to hear from you. I just get this feeling, that I know I’m still meant to be with you for some reason. I left, and wanted to few things out. I have some place I could be, and other people I could spend time with but I don’t want them all. I want you. I enjoy our talks, it makes me feel better hearing your voiceeee. I didn’t realize how much I cared about you. Sometimes I laugh when I’m sad and I know that’s crazy, but it’s about how much I care about you. It’s like a laugh when I realize my care. I trusted you. You think it’s disrespect, but it’s how I show my love and care. I’m honest. I’ll be honest with you. You never have, but you could cry in front of me and it would make me love you more. I like that you show care. You’re more intelligent than me emotionally and in other ways too. I’m more intuitive than you and I feel like we still have good conversations. You never make me feel dumb and I love you for that. I have so much gratitude for all the time that you wasted on me and for every time you showed me that I was still worth spending time with. I don’t want easy I wanted crazy. I now want simplicity and serendipity. I want love and respect and I want to give it. I want to give humility and I want to shower you with physical affection all of the time. I’ve never craved touching someone else.
That’s how I know that I loved you all differently. Love is a feeling that’s personal and you share emotions with others. Trauma influences how you show other people your care for them. And then the unexplainable science that nobody else can feel is what I fall in love with; and mannerisms. I will always be my eccentric self, and there is no way to change it. “It’s just how you are”.
I guess we almost reached ten years. I am not sure if I have ever been loved by the people I loved, but I know that at some point there was energy that was meaningful on both sides.
I have things in the making. I have hope, still; people are trying to break it or take it all away. The hate will only make me stronger. I am never going to fold, I am going to keep pushing. I am going to keep showing my emotions (all of them) I will keep asking for forgiveness, and I will keep trying to be positive. Clear eyes, full heart. I will keep on my square with my hands interlocked behind my back, praying with my hands tied. Somehow, I will be the one to beat the odds and to make history with my creed.
I am proud of who I made myself to be through everything. If you can’t respect me or love me, I will for myself and I will be polite to you. I will let others think I am stupid, I will let others think however they think about me. “What other people think of me,is none of my business.”
I have worked and I am going to beat the odds. I am going to win. I am going to prosper. I will build friends, family. I acknowledge my sanity; my court cases I’m going to succeed. Clear eyes (no matter what color), full heart. There will be housing and I can’t wait for everyone to see how a girl and her dog changed the world or her world; built her life from the dust of everything that had been lost.
I can’t wait to update you with my success stories.
Ps- I can’t imagine anyone actually reading until the end. ✨🤍💛 if you did send some glitter. (Light it’s always been my thing). don’t mind my funny title I use it to get rid of the haters, or those who can’t follow.

ANALYSIS:

• Let’s look at and analyse the main things happening in premarket first of all.
• Firstly, the Yen intervention, which Japan’s Kanda hasn’t confirmed but reports are out from DJ that thats what happened this morning.
• We saw yen weaken to 160 vs the USD. This was touted by JPM as the intervention point that BOJ were looking at, although their commentary last week was all very much vague.
• When we saw 160 hit, we saw a big drop in USDJPY, as yen squeezed higher.
• The price action was more extreme because Japan has a national holiday today, hence trading volumes were thin.
• WE saw it drop from 160 to 154.5
• It found support from the technicals at the 20 day Moving average, as we see below:
• We saw recovery above the 155 level. 155 is one of the key gamma levels, where there is a lot of put support there. The bigger key gamma level, below this is 152. There is a hell of a lot of put support at 152. If the BOJ wants the yen to meaningfully improve vs the USD, it needs to get USDJPY below 152. Thats when we can go meaningfully lower. Above there, and we expect it to find support from these gamma levels and move higher, as we saw it do from 155.
• Skew actually points higher in USDJPY now. This tells us that traders are not really expecting much more meaningful intervention right now. We can see USDJPY move higher again soon. Probably won’t be as effective as BOJ hoped.
• Now the other key news from premarket, is TESLA, who have now received the regulatory approval for FULL self driving in China, rather than the limited product they had on offer already.
• Tesla is pumping in premarket.
• If we look at the gamma levels, we see 200 as having a lot of open interest. As such, we can see it as a magnet for price action moving forward.
• FTSE pushed higher to 8200, but we see skew lowering. This tells us traders are hedging for price action to mveo lower now. The move is likely close to done for now, except if the Fed support move higher. We expect that because OTM delta isnt really showing much call delta so traders aren’t betting FTSE goes much higher.
• HKG50 breakout from downtrend since 2023 continues, hitting 18k level today. 18k is v big gamma level, hence why we saw price action reverse from here.
• In SPX, we see traders unwind some of their hedges as they bet that geopolitical pressures are mostly behind us. We see that too, as oil skew points lower which suggests traders expect oil to move down soon.
• Finally, busy week ahead.
• This week ahead, we have FOMC decision on Wednesday, as well as jobs numbers throughout the week, which will give us some insight into the labour market.
• Put on top of that all the following earnings reports, and we are set for a volatile week of trading.

DATA LEDE:

• Spain inflation rate:
• 3.3% YOY vs 3.4% expected, previous reading was 3.2%
• SO ticked up from last month, but not as much as expected.
• GERMAN inflation rate:

MARKETS:

• SPX set to open above 5100 this morning, pulled up by Tesla and Aapl. Currently trading at 5112. This is just above the highs of Friday.
• Nasdaq: up 0.3% in premarket, trading at 17,780. 17,850 is a resistance, then The next big resistance will be the 18k level.
• Dow Jones: Flat in premarket, trading at 38,300.
• HKG50 up 1% again in premarket. Now at 17,750. Touched 18k then came down from there. 18k is now the strong resistance.
• UK100 higher to 8200, pared slightly to 8180. Still up 0.4% today.
• GER40: flat around 18,140.
• Oil: Flat at 83.65. Maintaining the uptrend drawn since December 2023.
• GOld: Flat above 2300.
• VIX: Vix flat at 15.22. last week closed perfectly at the put support of 15. Was a big VIX crush last week. Opened today at 15.22.

FX:

• USDJPY closed Friday at 158.3.
• In early Monday trading, it moved up to 160. This was a key level where traders were hedging for intervention.
• It seemed as though we did get that fX intervention hence the big decline.
• This decline was right down to 154.5
• This is where the 20 day Moving average was and so it found support there.
• Also a key gamma level at 155.
• It moved below this level, before recovering above again.
• Note: its a national holiday in Japan, hence why more exaggerated trading on thin volumes.
• Despite this no official comment from BOJ that they have intervened, although that is the clear assumption.
• So Yen squeezed higher after hitting 160 vs USD
• All other currencies quite flat compared.
• GBPUSD up 0.3% to 1.253EURUSD same trend, up 0.2% after selling off on Friday. Now at 1.071. On Friday, it retested 1.07 before pushing higher.

MAG 7 NEWS:

• TSLA - Tesla will spend $10B ons elf driving in 2024. Musk says “any company not spending at this level cannot compete”.
• Musk also makes surprise China visit to set up path for FSD there.
• Musk strikes deal with China’s BIDU for driver assistance. Tesla partnering with Bid to deploy mapping and navigation tech in China.
• TEsla has now paved the way for FSD to be launched in China now
• This is a market where their sales have been weaker, So is bullish for the company.
• Note they have had self driving there but limited version of it, not full self driving. They said that Chinese authorities removed restrictions on thier cars.
• TESLA up 8% in premarket.
• AAPL - renewed talks with openAI for iPhone generative AI features. This would be for the next iPhone.
• AAPL price target at 195 from Bernstein, raised to outperform.
• AAPl up 2% as a result.
• AMZN -The NBA and Amazon Prime Video have a framework for an agreement that will make the streamer one of the homes for significant regular season and postseason games for a decade
• GOOGL - plans $3B data center investment in Indiana.
• META - down as EU probing Meta over handling of Russian disinformation. Selena Gomez also said that deleting Instagram was best decision she made.

OTHER COMPANIES:

• BIDU - Musk strikes deal with China’s BIDU for driver assistance. Tesla partnering with Bid to deploy mapping and navigation tech in China.
• Tesla are leading other EVs like Li etc higher.
• PARA up in premarket as Skydance comes back with their “best and final” offer for Paramount.
• ORCL boosts its generative AI capabilities.
• Crypto stocks are generally lower slightly as BTC headed slightly lower this weekend just been. BTC down 2.5% in last 24 hours.
• SOFI up after earnings report. Strong revenue forecast.
• LUV down as Jefferies downgrades Southwest Airlines to underperform, lowers price target to 20. current price 27.
• Deutsche Bank lower after filing monthly SEC report. Warns on litigation with Postbank’s shareholders.
• Could face hit up to 1.3B euros.
• LULU - Barclays cuts to equal weight from overweight.
• Lithium producers are generally higher as Saudi Arabia seeks lithium imports for EV ambitions.
• Renewable stocks generally slightly higher.
• Phillips share rocket 46% as the firm settles the US respiratory device case. $1.1B settlement. That was a major legislative headwind surrounding the company tha tis now overcome.
• AVTR - maintained outperform by braid, price target 26 from 27.
• OLN - Pric target cut to 73 from 78, by Keybanc, maintained at overweight.
• DAL - Delta flight makes emergency return after exit slide separates from Boeing aircraft.
• DPZ - sees strong orders as they smash sales expectations
• BA - Turkish airlines in talks with Airbus and BA to buy 235 planes
• BHP tells investors that their bid for Anglo is on strategy and says they are extremely disciplined. They are weighing up a possible improved proposal for Anglo American.
• ZTS - will sell medicated feed additive portfolio to Phibro Animal health for 350M.

EARNINGS:

• SOFI EARNINGS:
• Rev $581M vs $558M est
• EBITDA $144M vs $123M est
• Sees 2Q:
• Rev $555-565M vs $590M est
• EBITDA $115-125M vs $136M est
• Sees FY:
• Rev $2.39-2.43B vs $2.39B est
• EBITDA $590-600M vs $589M est

OTHER NEWS:

• Likely FX intervention from BOJ as USDJPY hit 160.
• Still no official comment from BOJ confirming the FX intervention. Japan’s Kanda says Japan will disclose if FX intervention came at the end of May.
• Said they will continue to take appropriate action against excessive forex moves.
• Phillips share rocket 46% in Europe as the firm settles the US respiratory device case. That was a major legislative headwind surrounding the company tha tis now overcome.
• Treasury yields slightly lower ahead of FOMC meeting.
• Eurozone April consumer inflation expectations came at 11.6, vs 12.3 in March, so less than expected.
• California fast food chains are rising prices as state raised minimum wage for fast food workers.
• Moodys on France: local currency senior unsecured rating remain unchanged at Aa2. The stable outlook remains unchanged as well.
• Fitch affirms France at AA- outlook stable.
• Israel officials worry that international criminal court is preparing to issue arrest warrants for senior government officials.
• HAMAS supposedly has no major issue with ceasefire proposal put forward by Egypt and Israel, Supposedly the majority of Israeli government supports the terms fo the deal too.
• Us says the proposal to Hamas is extraordinarily generous.
• Egypt says that only US has the ability to break the cycle of violence in Gaza
• Bitcoin ETF is set to launch in Australia now, following US and Hong Kong
• Russian foreign minister says that there will be a severe response if Russian assets are touched.
• Citigroup says that they expect 100 bps of cuts this year again, starting in July. They were previously expecting the first rate cut in June.
• Fitch maintains Switzerlands Credit rating at AAA with stable outlook.
• Turkish grocery delivery company, Getir says they are pulling out of European and US markets, to focus on main Turkish market.

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ANALYSIS:

• Let’s look at and analyse the main things happening in premarket first of all.
• Firstly, the Yen intervention, which Japan’s Kanda hasn’t confirmed but reports are out from DJ that thats what happened this morning.
• We saw yen weaken to 160 vs the USD. This was touted by JPM as the intervention point that BOJ were looking at, although their commentary last week was all very much vague.
• When we saw 160 hit, we saw a big drop in USDJPY, as yen squeezed higher.
• The price action was more extreme because Japan has a national holiday today, hence trading volumes were thin.
• WE saw it drop from 160 to 154.5
• It found support from the technicals at the 20 day Moving average, as we see below:
• We saw recovery above the 155 level. 155 is one of the key gamma levels, where there is a lot of put support there. The bigger key gamma level, below this is 152. There is a hell of a lot of put support at 152. If the BOJ wants the yen to meaningfully improve vs the USD, it needs to get USDJPY below 152. Thats when we can go meaningfully lower. Above there, and we expect it to find support from these gamma levels and move higher, as we saw it do from 155.
• Skew actually points higher in USDJPY now. This tells us that traders are not really expecting much more meaningful intervention right now. We can see USDJPY move higher again soon. Probably won’t be as effective as BOJ hoped.
• Now the other key news from premarket, is TESLA, who have now received the regulatory approval for FULL self driving in China, rather than the limited product they had on offer already.
• Tesla is pumping in premarket.
• If we look at the gamma levels, we see 200 as having a lot of open interest. As such, we can see it as a magnet for price action moving forward.
• FTSE pushed higher to 8200, but we see skew lowering. This tells us traders are hedging for price action to mveo lower now. The move is likely close to done for now, except if the Fed support move higher. We expect that because OTM delta isnt really showing much call delta so traders aren’t betting FTSE goes much higher.
• HKG50 breakout from downtrend since 2023 continues, hitting 18k level today. 18k is v big gamma level, hence why we saw price action reverse from here.
• In SPX, we see traders unwind some of their hedges as they bet that geopolitical pressures are mostly behind us. We see that too, as oil skew points lower which suggests traders expect oil to move down soon.
• Finally, busy week ahead.
• This week ahead, we have FOMC decision on Wednesday, as well as jobs numbers throughout the week, which will give us some insight into the labour market.
• Put on top of that all the following earnings reports, and we are set for a volatile week of trading.

DATA LEDE:

• Spain inflation rate:
• 3.3% YOY vs 3.4% expected, previous reading was 3.2%
• SO ticked up from last month, but not as much as expected.
• GERMAN inflation rate:

MARKETS:

• SPX set to open above 5100 this morning, pulled up by Tesla and Aapl. Currently trading at 5112. This is just above the highs of Friday.
• Nasdaq: up 0.3% in premarket, trading at 17,780. 17,850 is a resistance, then The next big resistance will be the 18k level.
• Dow Jones: Flat in premarket, trading at 38,300.
• HKG50 up 1% again in premarket. Now at 17,750. Touched 18k then came down from there. 18k is now the strong resistance.
• UK100 higher to 8200, pared slightly to 8180. Still up 0.4% today.
• GER40: flat around 18,140.
• Oil: Flat at 83.65. Maintaining the uptrend drawn since December 2023.
• GOld: Flat above 2300.
• VIX: Vix flat at 15.22. last week closed perfectly at the put support of 15. Was a big VIX crush last week. Opened today at 15.22.

FX:

• USDJPY closed Friday at 158.3.
• In early Monday trading, it moved up to 160. This was a key level where traders were hedging for intervention.
• It seemed as though we did get that fX intervention hence the big decline.
• This decline was right down to 154.5
• This is where the 20 day Moving average was and so it found support there.
• Also a key gamma level at 155.
• It moved below this level, before recovering above again.
• Note: its a national holiday in Japan, hence why more exaggerated trading on thin volumes.
• Despite this no official comment from BOJ that they have intervened, although that is the clear assumption.
• So Yen squeezed higher after hitting 160 vs USD
• All other currencies quite flat compared.
• GBPUSD up 0.3% to 1.253EURUSD same trend, up 0.2% after selling off on Friday. Now at 1.071. On Friday, it retested 1.07 before pushing higher.

MAG 7 NEWS:

• TSLA - Tesla will spend $10B ons elf driving in 2024. Musk says “any company not spending at this level cannot compete”.
• Musk also makes surprise China visit to set up path for FSD there.
• Musk strikes deal with China’s BIDU for driver assistance. Tesla partnering with Bid to deploy mapping and navigation tech in China.
• TEsla has now paved the way for FSD to be launched in China now
• This is a market where their sales have been weaker, So is bullish for the company.
• Note they have had self driving there but limited version of it, not full self driving. They said that Chinese authorities removed restrictions on thier cars.
• TESLA up 8% in premarket.
• AAPL - renewed talks with openAI for iPhone generative AI features. This would be for the next iPhone.
• AAPL price target at 195 from Bernstein, raised to outperform.
• AAPl up 2% as a result.
• AMZN -The NBA and Amazon Prime Video have a framework for an agreement that will make the streamer one of the homes for significant regular season and postseason games for a decade
• GOOGL - plans $3B data center investment in Indiana.
• META - down as EU probing Meta over handling of Russian disinformation. Selena Gomez also said that deleting Instagram was best decision she made.

OTHER COMPANIES:

• BIDU - Musk strikes deal with China’s BIDU for driver assistance. Tesla partnering with Bid to deploy mapping and navigation tech in China.
• Tesla are leading other EVs like Li etc higher.
• PARA up in premarket as Skydance comes back with their “best and final” offer for Paramount.
• ORCL boosts its generative AI capabilities.
• Crypto stocks are generally lower slightly as BTC headed slightly lower this weekend just been. BTC down 2.5% in last 24 hours.
• SOFI up after earnings report. Strong revenue forecast.
• LUV down as Jefferies downgrades Southwest Airlines to underperform, lowers price target to 20. current price 27.
• Deutsche Bank lower after filing monthly SEC report. Warns on litigation with Postbank’s shareholders.
• Could face hit up to 1.3B euros.
• LULU - Barclays cuts to equal weight from overweight.
• Lithium producers are generally higher as Saudi Arabia seeks lithium imports for EV ambitions.
• Renewable stocks generally slightly higher.
• Phillips share rocket 46% as the firm settles the US respiratory device case. $1.1B settlement. That was a major legislative headwind surrounding the company tha tis now overcome.
• AVTR - maintained outperform by braid, price target 26 from 27.
• OLN - Pric target cut to 73 from 78, by Keybanc, maintained at overweight.
• DAL - Delta flight makes emergency return after exit slide separates from Boeing aircraft.
• DPZ - sees strong orders as they smash sales expectations
• BA - Turkish airlines in talks with Airbus and BA to buy 235 planes
• BHP tells investors that their bid for Anglo is on strategy and says they are extremely disciplined. They are weighing up a possible improved proposal for Anglo American.
• ZTS - will sell medicated feed additive portfolio to Phibro Animal health for 350M.

EARNINGS:

• SOFI EARNINGS:
• Rev $581M vs $558M est
• EBITDA $144M vs $123M est
• Sees 2Q:
• Rev $555-565M vs $590M est
• EBITDA $115-125M vs $136M est
• Sees FY:
• Rev $2.39-2.43B vs $2.39B est
• EBITDA $590-600M vs $589M est

OTHER NEWS:

• Likely FX intervention from BOJ as USDJPY hit 160.
• Still no official comment from BOJ confirming the FX intervention. Japan’s Kanda says Japan will disclose if FX intervention came at the end of May.
• Said they will continue to take appropriate action against excessive forex moves.
• Phillips share rocket 46% in Europe as the firm settles the US respiratory device case. That was a major legislative headwind surrounding the company tha tis now overcome.
• Treasury yields slightly lower ahead of FOMC meeting.
• Eurozone April consumer inflation expectations came at 11.6, vs 12.3 in March, so less than expected.
• California fast food chains are rising prices as state raised minimum wage for fast food workers.
• Moodys on France: local currency senior unsecured rating remain unchanged at Aa2. The stable outlook remains unchanged as well.
• Fitch affirms France at AA- outlook stable.
• Israel officials worry that international criminal court is preparing to issue arrest warrants for senior government officials.
• HAMAS supposedly has no major issue with ceasefire proposal put forward by Egypt and Israel, Supposedly the majority of Israeli government supports the terms fo the deal too.
• Us says the proposal to Hamas is extraordinarily generous.
• Egypt says that only US has the ability to break the cycle of violence in Gaza
• Bitcoin ETF is set to launch in Australia now, following US and Hong Kong
• Russian foreign minister says that there will be a severe response if Russian assets are touched.
• Citigroup says that they expect 100 bps of cuts this year again, starting in July. They were previously expecting the first rate cut in June.
• Fitch maintains Switzerlands Credit rating at AAA with stable outlook.
• Turkish grocery delivery company, Getir says they are pulling out of European and US markets, to focus on main Turkish market.

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